#A9986D#A9986D

#A9986D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.062 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9986D
RGB	rgb(169, 152, 109)
HSL	hsl(43, 26%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(43, 36%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 35.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.34, -0.23, 24.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.34, 24.95, 90.52°)
OKLab	oklab(68.4% 0.0012 0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(68.4% 0.062 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.3513, 31.9966, 19.0422)
Luminance	0.3200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9986D #6D7EA9

analogous

#A97A6D #A9986D #9CA96D

triadic

#A9986D #6DA998 #986DA9

tetradic

#A9986D #6DA97A #6D7EA9 #A96D9C

square

#A9986D #6DA97A #6D7EA9 #A96D9C

split-complementary

#A9986D #6D9CA9 #7A6DA9

monochromatic

#62573A #887950 #A9986D #C0B394 #D6CEBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#A9986D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#A9986D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9986D

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9986D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9986D	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2976A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69B6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9986d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 152, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.062 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b697',
    500: '#a9986d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9986d;
$custom-light: #c3b697;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9986d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43,
    "s": 25.862,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68395,
    "c": 0.0622,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9986D

secondary

#ACB3C6

accent

#80C266

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13110D

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9986D

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

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