#A9873F#A9873F

#A9873F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.099 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9873F
RGB	rgb(169, 135, 63)
HSL	hsl(41, 46%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(41, 63%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 62.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.15, 4.63, 42.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.15, 43.03, 83.82°)
OKLab	oklab(64.1% 0.0105 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(64.1% 0.099 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.9247, 26.1235, 8.3785)
Luminance	0.2612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9873F #3F61A9

analogous

#A9523F #A9873F #96A93F

triadic

#A9873F #3FA987 #873FA9

tetradic

#A9873F #3FA952 #3F61A9 #A93F96

square

#A9873F #3FA952 #3F61A9 #A93F96

split-complementary

#A9873F #3F96A9 #523FA9

monochromatic

#50401E #7C632E #A9873F #C4A461 #D5BE8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#A9873F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#A9873F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9873F

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9873F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9873F	1.00	3.37	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.37	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)

#968738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9873f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 135, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.099 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a977',
    500: '#a9873f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9873f;
$custom-light: #c6a977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9873f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.755,
    "s": 45.69,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.641,
    "c": 0.09933,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9873F

secondary

#8497C0

accent

#7CD552

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#130F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9873F

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

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