#A9872A#A9872A

#A9872A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.115 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9872A
RGB	rgb(169, 135, 42)
HSL	hsl(44, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(44, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 75.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.97, 3.41, 52.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.97, 52.16, 86.26°)
OKLab	oklab(63.9% 0.0043 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(63.9% 0.115 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.4456, 25.9318, 5.8552)
Luminance	0.2593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9872A #2A4CA9

analogous

#A9482A #A9872A #8CA92A

triadic

#A9872A #2AA987 #872AA9

tetradic

#A9872A #2AA948 #2A4CA9 #A92A8C

square

#A9872A #2AA948 #2A4CA9 #A92A8C

split-complementary

#A9872A #2A8CA9 #482AA9

monochromatic

#473912 #78601E #A9872A #D0A941 #DCBF72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#A9872A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#A9872A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9872A

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9872A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9872A	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97861B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9872a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 135, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.115 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a96a',
    500: '#a9872a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9872a;
$custom-light: #c7a96a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9872a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.937,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63898,
    "c": 0.1149,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9872A

secondary

#6C83C3

accent

#6FE344

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9872A

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

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