#A9822C#A9822C

#A9822C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.112 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9822C
RGB	rgb(169, 130, 44)
HSL	hsl(41, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(41, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 74%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.67, 6.28, 49.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.67, 50.34, 82.83°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% 0.0128 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.112 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8010, 24.5839, 5.8213)
Luminance	0.2458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9822C #2C53A9

analogous

#A9442C #A9822C #92A92C

triadic

#A9822C #2CA982 #822CA9

tetradic

#A9822C #2CA944 #2C53A9 #A92C92

square

#A9822C #2CA944 #2C53A9 #A92C92

split-complementary

#A9822C #2C92A9 #442CA9

monochromatic

#483713 #785D1F #A9822C #CEA344 #DBBB74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#A9822C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#A9822C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9822C

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9822C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9822C	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)

#938220

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87671

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9822c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 130, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.112 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a66b',
    500: '#a9822c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9822c;
$custom-light: #c7a66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9822c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.28,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62877,
    "c": 0.1115,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9822C

secondary

#6E89C3

accent

#77E246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9822C

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

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