#A9873A#A9873A

#A9873A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.103 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9873A
RGB	rgb(169, 135, 58)
HSL	hsl(42, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 65.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.10, 4.29, 45.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.10, 45.35, 84.57°)
OKLab	oklab(64.04% 0.0089 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(64.04% 0.103 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.7913, 26.0701, 7.6758)
Luminance	0.2607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9873A #3A5CA9

analogous

#A9503A #A9873A #94A93A

triadic

#A9873A #3AA987 #873AA9

tetradic

#A9873A #3AA950 #3A5CA9 #A93A94

square

#A9873A #3AA950 #3A5CA9 #A93A94

split-complementary

#A9873A #3A94A9 #503AA9

monochromatic

#4E3E1B #7B632A #A9873A #C6A55A #D6BE87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#A9873A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#A9873A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9873A

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9873A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9873A	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9873a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 135, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.103 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a973',
    500: '#a9873a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9873a;
$custom-light: #c6a973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9873a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.622,
    "s": 48.899,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64044,
    "c": 0.10347,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9873A

secondary

#7F93C0

accent

#79D84F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#130F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9873A

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

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