#A9781C#A9781C

#A9781C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.118 H 77.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9781C
RGB	rgb(169, 120, 28)
HSL	hsl(39, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(39, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.98, 11.25, 53.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.98, 54.73, 78.14°)
OKLab	oklab(60.74% 0.0253 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(60.74% 0.118 77.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.2900, 21.9538, 4.1093)
Luminance	0.2195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9781C #1C4DA9

analogous

#A9311C #A9781C #93A91C

triadic

#A9781C #1CA978 #781CA9

tetradic

#A9781C #1CA931 #1C4DA9 #A91C93

square

#A9781C #1CA931 #1C4DA9 #A91C93

split-complementary

#A9781C #1C93A9 #311CA9

monochromatic

#402D0B #745313 #A9781C #DB9D27 #E4B55B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#A9781C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#A9781C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9781C

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9781C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9781C	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7A05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968620

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86A67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9781c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 120, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.118 77.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c89e61',
    500: '#a9781c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9781c;
$custom-light: #c89e61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9781c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.149,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60738,
    "c": 0.11767,
    "h": 77.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9781C

secondary

#597FC8

accent

#78EE39

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E05

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9781C

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