#A9821E#A9821E

#A9821E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.119 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9821E
RGB	rgb(169, 130, 30)
HSL	hsl(43, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(43, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 82.2%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.58, 5.71, 55.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.58, 55.47, 84.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.78% 0.0096 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(62.78% 0.119 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.5808, 24.4958, 4.6616)
Luminance	0.2449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9821E #1E45A9

analogous

#A93C1E #A9821E #8BA91E

triadic

#A9821E #1EA982 #821EA9

tetradic

#A9821E #1EA93C #1E45A9 #A91E8B

square

#A9821E #1EA93C #1E45A9 #A91E8B

split-complementary

#A9821E #1E8BA9 #3C1EA9

monochromatic

#41320C #755A15 #A9821E #D9A82B #E3BE5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#A9821E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#A9821E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9821E

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9821E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9821E	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938205

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8756F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9821e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 130, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.119 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a664',
    500: '#a9821e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9821e;
$custom-light: #c7a664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9821e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.165,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62781,
    "c": 0.11928,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9821E

secondary

#5C7AC7

accent

#6DED3B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9821E

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

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