#A9783B#A9783B

#A9783B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.099 H 70.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9783B
RGB	rgb(169, 120, 59)
HSL	hsl(33, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(33, 65%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29%, 65.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.22, 12.77, 40.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.22, 42.31, 72.44°)
OKLab	oklab(61.01% 0.0338 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(61.01% 0.099 70)
XYZ	xyz(23.8696, 22.1856, 7.1619)
Luminance	0.2218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9783B #3B6CA9

analogous

#A9413B #A9783B #A3A93B

triadic

#A9783B #3BA978 #783BA9

tetradic

#A9783B #3BA941 #3B6CA9 #A93BA3

square

#A9783B #3BA941 #3B6CA9 #A93BA3

split-complementary

#A9783B #3BA3A9 #413BA9

monochromatic

#4E381B #7C582B #A9783B #C6965B #D6B389

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#A9783B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#A9783B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9783B

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9783B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9783B	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94863C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B76C6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9783b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 120, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.099 70.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c69f73',
    500: '#a9783b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9783b;
$custom-light: #c69f73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9783b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.273,
    "s": 48.246,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61008,
    "c": 0.09893,
    "h": 70
  },
  "luminance": 0.22184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9783B

secondary

#809CC0

accent

#8CD850

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F9F2ED

border

#D2CCC8

text

#130E08

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9783B

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