#A9802B#A9802B

#A9802B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.111 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9802B
RGB	rgb(169, 128, 43)
HSL	hsl(40, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(40, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 74.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.14, 7.35, 49.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.14, 50.38, 81.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% 0.0158 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.111 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.5190, 24.0496, 5.6357)
Luminance	0.2405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9802B #2B54A9

analogous

#A9412B #A9802B #93A92B

triadic

#A9802B #2BA980 #802BA9

tetradic

#A9802B #2BA941 #2B54A9 #A92B93

square

#A9802B #2BA941 #2B54A9 #A92B93

split-complementary

#A9802B #2B93A9 #412BA9

monochromatic

#473612 #785B1F #A9802B #CFA142 #DBB973

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#A9802B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#A9802B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9802B

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9802B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9802B	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91801F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8746F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9802b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 128, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.111 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a46a',
    500: '#a9802b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9802b;
$custom-light: #c7a46a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9802b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.476,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62459,
    "c": 0.11145,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9802B

secondary

#6D89C3

accent

#78E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9802B

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

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