#A9842E#A9842E

#A9842E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.111 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9842E
RGB	rgb(169, 132, 46)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 72.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.21, 5.27, 49.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.21, 49.91, 83.94°)
OKLab	oklab(63.31% 0.0101 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(63.31% 0.111 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.1081, 25.1365, 6.1136)
Luminance	0.2514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9842E #2E53A9

analogous

#A9462E #A9842E #91A92E

triadic

#A9842E #2EA984 #842EA9

tetradic

#A9842E #2EA946 #2E53A9 #A92E91

square

#A9842E #2EA946 #2E53A9 #A92E91

split-complementary

#A9842E #2E91A9 #462EA9

monochromatic

#493914 #795E21 #A9842E #CDA547 #DABC77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#A9842E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#A9842E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9842E

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9842E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9842E	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	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)

#948422

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9842e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 132, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.111 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a76c',
    500: '#a9842e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9842e;
$custom-light: #c7a76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9842e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.951,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63307,
    "c": 0.11097,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9842E

secondary

#7189C2

accent

#75E047

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9842E

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

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