#A9823B#A9823B

#A9823B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.101 H 80.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9823B
RGB	rgb(169, 130, 59)
HSL	hsl(39, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(39, 65%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 65.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.80, 7.15, 43.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.80, 43.81, 80.61°)
OKLab	oklab(63.02% 0.0173 0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(63.02% 0.101 80.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.1357, 24.7178, 7.5839)
Luminance	0.2472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9823B #3B62A9

analogous

#A94B3B #A9823B #99A93B

triadic

#A9823B #3BA982 #823BA9

tetradic

#A9823B #3BA94B #3B62A9 #A93B99

square

#A9823B #3BA94B #3B62A9 #A93B99

split-complementary

#A9823B #3B99A9 #4B3BA9

monochromatic

#4E3C1B #7C5F2B #A9823B #C6A05B #D6BA89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#A9823B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#A9823B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9823B

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9823B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9823B	1.00	3.53	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928334

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9823b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 130, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.101 80.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a674',
    500: '#a9823b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9823b;
$custom-light: #c6a674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9823b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.727,
    "s": 48.246,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63023,
    "c": 0.10065,
    "h": 80.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9823B

secondary

#8097C0

accent

#80D850

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#130F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9823B

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

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