#A9872E#A9872E

#A9872E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.112 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9872E
RGB	rgb(169, 135, 46)
HSL	hsl(43, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(43, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 72.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.00, 3.60, 50.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.00, 50.56, 85.92°)
OKLab	oklab(63.93% 0.0053 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(63.93% 0.112 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.5208, 25.9619, 6.2512)
Luminance	0.2596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9872E #2E50A9

analogous

#A94A2E #A9872E #8DA92E

triadic

#A9872E #2EA987 #872EA9

tetradic

#A9872E #2EA94A #2E50A9 #A92E8D

square

#A9872E #2EA94A #2E50A9 #A92E8D

split-complementary

#A9872E #2E8DA9 #4A2EA9

monochromatic

#493A14 #796121 #A9872E #CDA847 #DABF77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#A9872E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#A9872E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9872E

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9872E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9872E	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)

#978621

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9872e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 135, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.112 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a96c',
    500: '#a9872e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9872e;
$custom-light: #c6a96c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9872e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.415,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6393,
    "c": 0.11232,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9872E

secondary

#7187C2

accent

#72E047

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9872E

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

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