#A9893B#A9893B

#A9893B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.104 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9893B
RGB	rgb(169, 137, 59)
HSL	hsl(43, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(43, 65%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 65.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.64, 3.25, 45.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.64, 45.38, 85.90°)
OKLab	oklab(64.47% 0.006 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(64.47% 0.104 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.0986, 26.6437, 7.9049)
Luminance	0.2664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9893B #3B5BA9

analogous

#A9523B #A9893B #92A93B

triadic

#A9893B #3BA989 #893BA9

tetradic

#A9893B #3BA952 #3B5BA9 #A93B92

square

#A9893B #3BA952 #3B5BA9 #A93B92

split-complementary

#A9893B #3B92A9 #523BA9

monochromatic

#4E3F1B #7C642B #A9893B #C6A75B #D6BF89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#A9893B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#A9893B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9893B

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9893B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9893B	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0913E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9893b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 137, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.104 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ab74',
    500: '#a9893b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9893b;
$custom-light: #c6ab74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9893b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.545,
    "s": 48.246,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64471,
    "c": 0.10366,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9893B

secondary

#8092C0

accent

#77D850

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9893B

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

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