#A9986E#A9986E

#A9986E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.061 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9986E
RGB	rgb(169, 152, 110)
HSL	hsl(43, 26%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(43, 35%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 34.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.36, -0.10, 24.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.36, 24.42, 90.24°)
OKLab	oklab(68.42% 0.0016 0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(68.42% 0.061 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4054, 32.0183, 19.3273)
Luminance	0.3202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9986E #6E7FA9

analogous

#A97B6E #A9986E #9DA96E

triadic

#A9986E #6EA998 #986EA9

tetradic

#A9986E #6EA97B #6E7FA9 #A96E9D

square

#A9986E #6EA97B #6E7FA9 #A96E9D

split-complementary

#A9986E #6E9DA9 #7B6EA9

monochromatic

#62573A #897951 #A9986E #C0B394 #D7CFBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#A9986E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#A9986E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9986E

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9986E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9986E	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)

#A2976B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69B6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9986e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 152, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.061 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b698',
    500: '#a9986e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9986e;
$custom-light: #c3b698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9986e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.712,
    "s": 25.541,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68415,
    "c": 0.061,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9986E

secondary

#ADB4C6

accent

#80C266

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13110D

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9986E

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

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