#A9823D#A9823D

#A9823D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.099 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9823D
RGB	rgb(169, 130, 61)
HSL	hsl(38, 47%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 63.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.82, 7.28, 42.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.82, 42.89, 80.22°)
OKLab	oklab(63.05% 0.018 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(63.05% 0.099 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1885, 24.7389, 7.8624)
Luminance	0.2474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9823D #3D64A9

analogous

#A94C3D #A9823D #9AA93D

triadic

#A9823D #3DA982 #823DA9

tetradic

#A9823D #3DA94C #3D64A9 #A93D9A

square

#A9823D #3DA94C #3D64A9 #A93D9A

split-complementary

#A9823D #3D9AA9 #4C3DA9

monochromatic

#4F3D1D #7C5F2D #A9823D #C5A05E #D5BA8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#A9823D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#A9823D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9823D

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9823D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9823D	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77773

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9823d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 130, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.099 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a675',
    500: '#a9823d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9823d;
$custom-light: #c6a675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9823d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.333,
    "s": 46.957,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63046,
    "c": 0.09904,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9823D

secondary

#8298C0

accent

#81D751

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#130F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9823D

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

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