#A9872C#A9872C

#A9872C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.114 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9872C
RGB	rgb(169, 135, 44)
HSL	hsl(44, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(44, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 74%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.99, 3.50, 51.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.99, 51.37, 86.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.91% 0.0048 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(63.91% 0.114 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.4823, 25.9465, 6.0484)
Luminance	0.2595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9872C #2C4EA9

analogous

#A9492C #A9872C #8DA92C

triadic

#A9872C #2CA987 #872CA9

tetradic

#A9872C #2CA949 #2C4EA9 #A92C8D

square

#A9872C #2CA949 #2C4EA9 #A92C8D

split-complementary

#A9872C #2C8DA9 #492CA9

monochromatic

#483913 #78601F #A9872C #CEA944 #DBBF74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#A9872C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#A9872C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9872C

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9872C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9872C	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)

#97861E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9872c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 135, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.114 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a96b',
    500: '#a9872c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9872c;
$custom-light: #c7a96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9872c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.68,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63914,
    "c": 0.11363,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9872C

secondary

#6E85C3

accent

#70E246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9872C

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

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