#A9852B#A9852B

#A9852B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.113 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9852B
RGB	rgb(169, 133, 43)
HSL	hsl(43, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(43, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 74.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.45, 4.56, 51.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.45, 51.34, 84.90°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% 0.0077 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.113 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.1873, 25.3862, 5.8584)
Luminance	0.2538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9852B #2B4FA9

analogous

#A9462B #A9852B #8EA92B

triadic

#A9852B #2BA985 #852BA9

tetradic

#A9852B #2BA946 #2B4FA9 #A92B8E

square

#A9852B #2BA946 #2B4FA9 #A92B8E

split-complementary

#A9852B #2B8EA9 #462BA9

monochromatic

#473812 #785F1F #A9852B #CFA742 #DBBE73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#A9852B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#A9852B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9852B

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9852B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9852B	1.00	3.46	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95841D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9852b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 133, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.113 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a86a',
    500: '#a9852b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9852b;
$custom-light: #c7a86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9852b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6349,
    "c": 0.11334,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9852B

secondary

#6D86C3

accent

#72E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9852B

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

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