#A9852C#A9852C

#A9852C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.113 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9852C
RGB	rgb(169, 133, 44)
HSL	hsl(43, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(43, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 74%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.46, 4.61, 50.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.46, 50.94, 84.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% 0.008 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.113 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.2059, 25.3936, 5.9563)
Luminance	0.2539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9852C #2C50A9

analogous

#A9472C #A9852C #8FA92C

triadic

#A9852C #2CA985 #852CA9

tetradic

#A9852C #2CA947 #2C50A9 #A92C8F

square

#A9852C #2CA947 #2C50A9 #A92C8F

split-complementary

#A9852C #2C8FA9 #472CA9

monochromatic

#483913 #785F1F #A9852C #CEA644 #DBBD74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#A9852C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#A9852C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9852C

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9852C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9852C	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	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)

#95841F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9852c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 133, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.113 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a86b',
    500: '#a9852c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9852c;
$custom-light: #c7a86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9852c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.72,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63498,
    "c": 0.1127,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9852C

secondary

#6E87C3

accent

#73E246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9852C

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

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