#A9853A#A9853A

#A9853A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.103 H 83.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9853A
RGB	rgb(169, 133, 58)
HSL	hsl(41, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(41, 66%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 65.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.58, 5.41, 44.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.58, 44.89, 83.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63.63% 0.0121 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(63.63% 0.103 83.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.5148, 25.5172, 7.5836)
Luminance	0.2552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9853A #3A5EA9

analogous

#A94E3A #A9853A #96A93A

triadic

#A9853A #3AA985 #853AA9

tetradic

#A9853A #3AA94E #3A5EA9 #A93A96

square

#A9853A #3AA94E #3A5EA9 #A93A96

split-complementary

#A9853A #3A96A9 #4E3AA9

monochromatic

#4E3D1B #7B612A #A9853A #C6A35A #D6BC87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#A9853A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#A9853A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9853A

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9853A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9853A	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958532

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77A75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9853a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 133, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.103 83.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a873',
    500: '#a9853a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9853a;
$custom-light: #c6a873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9853a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.541,
    "s": 48.899,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63629,
    "c": 0.10258,
    "h": 83.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9853A

secondary

#7F94C0

accent

#7CD84F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#130F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9853A

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

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