#A9986C#A9986C

#A9986C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.063 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9986C
RGB	rgb(169, 152, 108)
HSL	hsl(43, 26%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(43, 36%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 36.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.32, -0.35, 25.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.32, 25.48, 90.79°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% 0.0007 0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.063 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.2977, 31.9752, 18.7603)
Luminance	0.3197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9986C #6C7DA9

analogous

#A97A6C #A9986C #9CA96C

triadic

#A9986C #6CA998 #986CA9

tetradic

#A9986C #6CA97A #6C7DA9 #A96C9C

square

#A9986C #6CA97A #6C7DA9 #A96C9C

split-complementary

#A9986C #6C9CA9 #7A6CA9

monochromatic

#625639 #887850 #A9986C #C0B393 #D6CEB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#A9986C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#A9986C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9986C

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9986C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9986C	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)

#A29669

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69B6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9986c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 152, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.063 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b696',
    500: '#a9986c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9986c;
$custom-light: #c3b696;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9986c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.279,
    "s": 26.18,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68375,
    "c": 0.06339,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9986C

secondary

#ABB3C5

accent

#7FC365

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13110D

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9986C

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

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