#A9832B#A9832B

#A9832B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.113 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9832B
RGB	rgb(169, 131, 43)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 74.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.92, 5.68, 50.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.92, 50.93, 83.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% 0.0109 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.113 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.9161, 24.8438, 5.7680)
Luminance	0.2484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9832B #2B51A9

analogous

#A9442B #A9832B #90A92B

triadic

#A9832B #2BA983 #832BA9

tetradic

#A9832B #2BA944 #2B51A9 #A92B90

square

#A9832B #2BA944 #2B51A9 #A92B90

split-complementary

#A9832B #2B90A9 #442BA9

monochromatic

#473712 #785D1F #A9832B #CFA542 #DBBC73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#A9832B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#A9832B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9832B

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9832B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9832B	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94831E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77771

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9832b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 131, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.113 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a66a',
    500: '#a9832b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9832b;
$custom-light: #c7a66a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9832b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.905,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63075,
    "c": 0.11251,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9832B

secondary

#6D87C3

accent

#75E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9832B

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

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