#A9842D#A9842D

#A9842D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.112 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9842D
RGB	rgb(169, 132, 45)
HSL	hsl(42, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 73.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.20, 5.22, 50.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.20, 50.33, 84.05°)
OKLab	oklab(63.3% 0.0099 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(63.3% 0.112 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.0886, 25.1287, 6.0110)
Luminance	0.2513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9842D #2D52A9

analogous

#A9462D #A9842D #90A92D

triadic

#A9842D #2DA984 #842DA9

tetradic

#A9842D #2DA946 #2D52A9 #A92D90

square

#A9842D #2DA946 #2D52A9 #A92D90

split-complementary

#A9842D #2D90A9 #462DA9

monochromatic

#483913 #795E20 #A9842D #CEA546 #DABC76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#A9842D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#A9842D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9842D

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9842D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9842D	1.00	3.49	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9842d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 132, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.112 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a76b',
    500: '#a9842d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9842d;
$custom-light: #c7a76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9842d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.097,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63298,
    "c": 0.11163,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9842D

secondary

#6F88C2

accent

#75E147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9842D

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

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