#A9801E#A9801E

#A9801E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.119 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9801E
RGB	rgb(169, 128, 30)
HSL	hsl(42, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(42, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 82.2%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.06, 6.83, 54.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.06, 55.14, 82.89°)
OKLab	oklab(62.37% 0.0128 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(62.37% 0.119 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.3173, 23.9689, 4.5737)
Luminance	0.2397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9801E #1E47A9

analogous

#A93B1E #A9801E #8DA91E

triadic

#A9801E #1EA980 #801EA9

tetradic

#A9801E #1EA93B #1E47A9 #A91E8D

square

#A9801E #1EA93B #1E47A9 #A91E8D

split-complementary

#A9801E #1E8DA9 #3B1EA9

monochromatic

#41310C #755915 #A9801E #D9A62B #E3BC5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#A9801E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#A9801E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9801E

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9801E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9801E	1.00	3.62	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918006

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8736E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9801e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 128, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.119 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a463',
    500: '#a9801e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9801e;
$custom-light: #c7a463;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9801e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.302,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6237,
    "c": 0.11858,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9801E

secondary

#5C7BC7

accent

#70ED3B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9801E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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