#A9822A#A9822A

#A9822A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.113 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9822A
RGB	rgb(169, 130, 42)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(42, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 75.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.65, 6.19, 50.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.65, 51.14, 83.05°)
OKLab	oklab(62.86% 0.0123 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(62.86% 0.113 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.7643, 24.5692, 5.6281)
Luminance	0.2457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9822A #2A51A9

analogous

#A9432A #A9822A #91A92A

triadic

#A9822A #2AA982 #822AA9

tetradic

#A9822A #2AA943 #2A51A9 #A92A91

square

#A9822A #2AA943 #2A51A9 #A92A91

split-complementary

#A9822A #2A91A9 #432AA9

monochromatic

#473712 #785C1E #A9822A #D0A441 #DCBB72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#A9822A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#A9822A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9822A

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9822A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9822A	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93821D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87670

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9822a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 130, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.113 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a66a',
    500: '#a9822a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9822a;
$custom-light: #c7a66a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9822a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.575,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62861,
    "c": 0.11276,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9822A

secondary

#6C87C3

accent

#75E344

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9822A

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

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