#A9873B#A9873B

#A9873B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.103 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9873B
RGB	rgb(169, 135, 59)
HSL	hsl(41, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(41, 65%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 65.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.11, 4.36, 44.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.11, 44.89, 84.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% 0.0092 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.103 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.8170, 26.0804, 7.8110)
Luminance	0.2608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9873B #3B5DA9

analogous

#A9503B #A9873B #94A93B

triadic

#A9873B #3BA987 #873BA9

tetradic

#A9873B #3BA950 #3B5DA9 #A93B94

square

#A9873B #3BA950 #3B5DA9 #A93B94

split-complementary

#A9873B #3B94A9 #503BA9

monochromatic

#4E3F1B #7C632B #A9873B #C6A55B #D6BE89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#A9873B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#A9873B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9873B

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9873B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9873B	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9873b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 135, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.103 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a974',
    500: '#a9873b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9873b;
$custom-light: #c6a974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9873b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.455,
    "s": 48.246,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64054,
    "c": 0.10266,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9873B

secondary

#8094C0

accent

#7AD850

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#130F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9873B

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

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