#A9781E#A9781E

#A9781E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.117 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9781E
RGB	rgb(169, 120, 30)
HSL	hsl(39, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(39, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29%, 82.2%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.99, 11.32, 52.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.99, 54.08, 77.92°)
OKLab	oklab(60.75% 0.0257 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(60.75% 0.117 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.3147, 21.9637, 4.2395)
Luminance	0.2196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9781E #1E4FA9

analogous

#A9331E #A9781E #95A91E

triadic

#A9781E #1EA978 #781EA9

tetradic

#A9781E #1EA933 #1E4FA9 #A91E95

square

#A9781E #1EA933 #1E4FA9 #A91E95

split-complementary

#A9781E #1E95A9 #331EA9

monochromatic

#412E0C #755315 #A9781E #D99C2B #E3B45F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#A9781E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#A9781E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9781E

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9781E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9781E	1.00	3.89	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.89	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)

#8A7A0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968622

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86B67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9781e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 120, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.117 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c89e62',
    500: '#a9781e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9781e;
$custom-light: #c89e62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9781e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.849,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6075,
    "c": 0.11678,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9781E

secondary

#5C82C7

accent

#7AED3B

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140E05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9781E

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