#A9842C#A9842C

#A9842C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.112 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9842C
RGB	rgb(169, 132, 44)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 74%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.19, 5.17, 50.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.19, 50.73, 84.15°)
OKLab	oklab(63.29% 0.0096 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(63.29% 0.112 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.0696, 25.1211, 5.9108)
Luminance	0.2512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9842C #2C51A9

analogous

#A9462C #A9842C #90A92C

triadic

#A9842C #2CA984 #842CA9

tetradic

#A9842C #2CA946 #2C51A9 #A92C90

square

#A9842C #2CA946 #2C51A9 #A92C90

split-complementary

#A9842C #2C90A9 #462CA9

monochromatic

#483813 #785E1F #A9842C #CEA544 #DBBD74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#A9842C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#A9842C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9842C

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9842C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9842C	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)

#94841F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9842c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 132, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.112 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a76b',
    500: '#a9842c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9842c;
$custom-light: #c7a76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9842c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.24,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6329,
    "c": 0.11228,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9842C

secondary

#6E87C3

accent

#74E246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9842C

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