#A9843E#A9843E

#A9843E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.099 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9843E
RGB	rgb(169, 132, 62)
HSL	hsl(39, 46%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(39, 63%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 63.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.35, 6.23, 42.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.35, 42.83, 81.63°)
OKLab	oklab(63.47% 0.0151 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(63.47% 0.099 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.4843, 25.2870, 8.0951)
Luminance	0.2529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9843E #3E63A9

analogous

#A94E3E #A9843E #98A93E

triadic

#A9843E #3EA984 #843EA9

tetradic

#A9843E #3EA94E #3E63A9 #A93E98

square

#A9843E #3EA94E #3E63A9 #A93E98

split-complementary

#A9843E #3E98A9 #4E3EA9

monochromatic

#4F3E1D #7C612E #A9843E #C5A260 #D5BC8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#A9843E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#A9843E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9843E

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9843E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9843E	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9843e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 132, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.099 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a776',
    500: '#a9843e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9843e;
$custom-light: #c6a776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9843e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.252,
    "s": 46.32,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63468,
    "c": 0.09891,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9843E

secondary

#8398C0

accent

#80D652

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#130F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9843E

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

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