#A9986A#A9986A

#A9986A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.066 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9986A
RGB	rgb(169, 152, 106)
HSL	hsl(44, 27%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(44, 37%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 37.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.29, -0.60, 26.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.29, 26.53, 91.29°)
OKLab	oklab(68.34% -0.0001 0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(68.34% 0.066 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1925, 31.9331, 18.2062)
Luminance	0.3193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9986A #6A7BA9

analogous

#A9796A #A9986A #9BA96A

triadic

#A9986A #6AA998 #986AA9

tetradic

#A9986A #6AA979 #6A7BA9 #A96A9B

square

#A9986A #6AA979 #6A7BA9 #A96A9B

split-complementary

#A9986A #6A9BA9 #796AA9

monochromatic

#615638 #88784E #A9986A #BFB391 #D6CEB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#A9986A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#A9986A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9986A

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9986A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9986A	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29667

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69B6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9986a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 152, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.066 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b695',
    500: '#a9986a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9986a;
$custom-light: #c3b695;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9986a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.81,
    "s": 26.809,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68336,
    "c": 0.06578,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9986A

secondary

#AAB1C5

accent

#7EC365

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F1

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110D

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9986A

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

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