#A9822B#A9822B

#A9822B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.112 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9822B
RGB	rgb(169, 130, 43)
HSL	hsl(41, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(41, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 74.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.66, 6.24, 50.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.66, 50.74, 82.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.87% 0.0126 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(62.87% 0.112 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.7824, 24.5765, 5.7235)
Luminance	0.2457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9822B #2B52A9

analogous

#A9432B #A9822B #91A92B

triadic

#A9822B #2BA982 #822BA9

tetradic

#A9822B #2BA943 #2B52A9 #A92B91

square

#A9822B #2BA943 #2B52A9 #A92B91

split-complementary

#A9822B #2B91A9 #432BA9

monochromatic

#473712 #785C1F #A9822B #CFA342 #DBBB73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#A9822B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#A9822B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9822B

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9822B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9822B	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93821E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87670

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9822b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 130, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.112 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a66a',
    500: '#a9822b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9822b;
$custom-light: #c7a66a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9822b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.429,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62869,
    "c": 0.11213,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9822B

secondary

#6D88C3

accent

#76E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9822B

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

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