#A9842A#A9842A

#A9842A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.114 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9842A
RGB	rgb(169, 132, 42)
HSL	hsl(43, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(43, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 75.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.18, 5.07, 51.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.18, 51.53, 84.35°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% 0.0091 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.114 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.0329, 25.1064, 5.7176)
Luminance	0.2510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9842A #2A4FA9

analogous

#A9452A #A9842A #8FA92A

triadic

#A9842A #2AA984 #842AA9

tetradic

#A9842A #2AA945 #2A4FA9 #A92A8F

square

#A9842A #2AA945 #2A4FA9 #A92A8F

split-complementary

#A9842A #2A8FA9 #452AA9

monochromatic

#473712 #785E1E #A9842A #D0A641 #DCBD72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#A9842A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#A9842A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9842A

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9842A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9842A	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95841C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9842a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 132, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.114 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a76a',
    500: '#a9842a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9842a;
$custom-light: #c7a76a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9842a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.52,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63274,
    "c": 0.11354,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9842A

secondary

#6C85C3

accent

#73E344

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9842A

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

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