#A9812E#A9812E

#A9812E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.110 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9812E
RGB	rgb(169, 129, 46)
HSL	hsl(40, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(40, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 72.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.42, 6.94, 48.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.42, 49.33, 81.91°)
OKLab	oklab(62.69% 0.015 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(62.69% 0.11 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.7071, 24.3346, 5.9800)
Luminance	0.2433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9812E #2E56A9

analogous

#A9442E #A9812E #93A92E

triadic

#A9812E #2EA981 #812EA9

tetradic

#A9812E #2EA944 #2E56A9 #A92E93

square

#A9812E #2EA944 #2E56A9 #A92E93

split-complementary

#A9812E #2E93A9 #442EA9

monochromatic

#493814 #795C21 #A9812E #CDA147 #DABA77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#A9812E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#A9812E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9812E

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9812E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9812E	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77570

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9812e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 129, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.110 82.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a56c',
    500: '#a9812e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9812e;
$custom-light: #c7a56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9812e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.488,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62689,
    "c": 0.10985,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9812E

secondary

#718BC2

accent

#79E047

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9812E

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

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