#A9873E#A9873E

#A9873E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.100 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9873E
RGB	rgb(169, 135, 62)
HSL	hsl(41, 46%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(41, 63%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 63.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.14, 4.56, 43.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.14, 43.50, 83.98°)
OKLab	oklab(64.09% 0.0102 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(64.09% 0.1 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.8970, 26.1124, 8.2327)
Luminance	0.2611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9873E #3E60A9

analogous

#A9523E #A9873E #95A93E

triadic

#A9873E #3EA987 #873EA9

tetradic

#A9873E #3EA952 #3E60A9 #A93E95

square

#A9873E #3EA952 #3E60A9 #A93E95

split-complementary

#A9873E #3E95A9 #523EA9

monochromatic

#4F3F1D #7C632E #A9873E #C5A460 #D5BE8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#A9873E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#A9873E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9873E

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9873E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9873E	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)

#968736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9873e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 135, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.100 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a976',
    500: '#a9873e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9873e;
$custom-light: #c6a976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9873e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.935,
    "s": 46.32,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64088,
    "c": 0.10018,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9873E

secondary

#8396C0

accent

#7CD652

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#130F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9873E

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

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