#A9802C#A9802C

#A9802C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.111 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9802C
RGB	rgb(169, 128, 44)
HSL	hsl(40, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(40, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 74%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.14, 7.40, 49.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.14, 49.98, 81.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% 0.016 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.111 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.5375, 24.0570, 5.7335)
Luminance	0.2406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9802C #2C55A9

analogous

#A9422C #A9802C #94A92C

triadic

#A9802C #2CA980 #802CA9

tetradic

#A9802C #2CA942 #2C55A9 #A92C94

square

#A9802C #2CA942 #2C55A9 #A92C94

split-complementary

#A9802C #2C94A9 #422CA9

monochromatic

#483613 #785B1F #A9802C #CEA144 #DBB974

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#A9802C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#A9802C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9802C

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9802C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9802C	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)

#918020

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8746F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9802c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 128, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.111 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a46a',
    500: '#a9802c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9802c;
$custom-light: #c7a46a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9802c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.32,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62467,
    "c": 0.11082,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9802C

secondary

#6E8AC3

accent

#79E246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9802C

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