#A9853D#A9853D

#A9853D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.100 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9853D
RGB	rgb(169, 133, 61)
HSL	hsl(40, 47%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 63.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.61, 5.61, 43.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.61, 43.51, 82.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.66% 0.0131 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(63.66% 0.1 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.5934, 25.5487, 7.9973)
Luminance	0.2555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9853D #3D61A9

analogous

#A94F3D #A9853D #97A93D

triadic

#A9853D #3DA985 #853DA9

tetradic

#A9853D #3DA94F #3D61A9 #A93D97

square

#A9853D #3DA94F #3D61A9 #A93D97

split-complementary

#A9853D #3D97A9 #4F3DA9

monochromatic

#4F3E1D #7C622D #A9853D #C5A35E #D5BD8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#A9853D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#A9853D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9853D

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9853D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9853D	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77A75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9853d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 133, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.100 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a875',
    500: '#a9853d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9853d;
$custom-light: #c6a875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9853d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 46.957,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63663,
    "c": 0.10014,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9853D

secondary

#8297C0

accent

#7ED751

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#130F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9853D

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

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