#A9883B#A9883B

#A9883B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.103 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9883B
RGB	rgb(169, 136, 59)
HSL	hsl(42, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 65.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.38, 3.80, 44.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.38, 45.13, 85.17°)
OKLab	oklab(64.26% 0.0076 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(64.26% 0.103 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.9571, 26.3607, 7.8578)
Luminance	0.2636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9883B #3B5CA9

analogous

#A9513B #A9883B #93A93B

triadic

#A9883B #3BA988 #883BA9

tetradic

#A9883B #3BA951 #3B5CA9 #A93B93

square

#A9883B #3BA951 #3B5CA9 #A93B93

split-complementary

#A9883B #3B93A9 #513BA9

monochromatic

#4E3F1B #7C632B #A9883B #C6A65B #D6BF89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#A9883B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#A9883B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9883B

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9883B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9883B	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F903E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9883b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 136, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.103 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6aa74',
    500: '#a9883b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9883b;
$custom-light: #c6aa74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9883b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 48.246,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64263,
    "c": 0.10315,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9883B

secondary

#8093C0

accent

#79D850

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9883B

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

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