#A9986B#A9986B

#A9986B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.065 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9986B
RGB	rgb(169, 152, 107)
HSL	hsl(44, 26%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(44, 37%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 36.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.30, -0.48, 26.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.30, 26.00, 91.05°)
OKLab	oklab(68.36% 0.0003 0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(68.36% 0.065 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2448, 31.9540, 18.4816)
Luminance	0.3195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9986B #6B7CA9

analogous

#A9796B #A9986B #9BA96B

triadic

#A9986B #6BA998 #986BA9

tetradic

#A9986B #6BA979 #6B7CA9 #A96B9B

square

#A9986B #6BA979 #6B7CA9 #A96B9B

split-complementary

#A9986B #6B9BA9 #796BA9

monochromatic

#615638 #88784F #A9986B #BFB392 #D6CEB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#A9986B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#A9986B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9986B

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9986B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9986B	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)

#A29668

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69B6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9986b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 152, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.065 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b696',
    500: '#a9986b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9986b;
$custom-light: #c3b696;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9986b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.548,
    "s": 26.496,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68356,
    "c": 0.06459,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9986B

secondary

#ABB2C5

accent

#7FC365

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13110D

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9986B

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

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