#A9782C#A9782C

#A9782C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.109 H 74.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9782C
RGB	rgb(169, 120, 44)
HSL	hsl(36, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(36, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29%, 74%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.08, 11.90, 47.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.08, 48.82, 75.90°)
OKLab	oklab(60.85% 0.0291 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(60.85% 0.109 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.5349, 22.0517, 5.3993)
Luminance	0.2205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9782C #2C5DA9

analogous

#A93A2C #A9782C #9CA92C

triadic

#A9782C #2CA978 #782CA9

tetradic

#A9782C #2CA93A #2C5DA9 #A92C9C

square

#A9782C #2CA93A #2C5DA9 #A92C9C

split-complementary

#A9782C #2C9CA9 #3A2CA9

monochromatic

#483313 #78561F #A9782C #CE9844 #DBB374

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#A9782C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#A9782C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9782C

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9782C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9782C	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7A22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95862E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86B68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9782c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 120, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.109 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c79e6a',
    500: '#a9782c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9782c;
$custom-light: #c79e6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9782c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.48,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60852,
    "c": 0.10921,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9782C

secondary

#6E8FC3

accent

#83E246

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140E07

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9782C

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