#A9822D#A9822D

#A9822D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.111 H 83.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9822D
RGB	rgb(169, 130, 45)
HSL	hsl(41, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(41, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 73.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.68, 6.33, 49.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.68, 49.93, 82.71°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% 0.0131 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.111 83.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.8200, 24.5915, 5.9215)
Luminance	0.2459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9822D #2D54A9

analogous

#A9442D #A9822D #92A92D

triadic

#A9822D #2DA982 #822DA9

tetradic

#A9822D #2DA944 #2D54A9 #A92D92

square

#A9822D #2DA944 #2D54A9 #A92D92

split-complementary

#A9822D #2D92A9 #442DA9

monochromatic

#483813 #795D20 #A9822D #CEA346 #DABB76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#A9822D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#A9822D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9822D

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9822D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9822D	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)

#938221

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77671

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9822d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 130, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.111 83.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a66b',
    500: '#a9822d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9822d;
$custom-light: #c7a66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9822d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.129,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62886,
    "c": 0.11085,
    "h": 83.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9822D

secondary

#6F8AC2

accent

#77E147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9822D

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

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