#A9986F#A9986F

#A9986F is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.060 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9986F
RGB	rgb(169, 152, 111)
HSL	hsl(42, 25%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 34%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 34.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.38, 0.03, 23.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.38, 23.90, 89.94°)
OKLab	oklab(68.44% 0.002 0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(68.44% 0.06 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.4602, 32.0402, 19.6157)
Luminance	0.3204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9986F #6F80A9

analogous

#A97B6F #A9986F #9DA96F

triadic

#A9986F #6FA998 #986FA9

tetradic

#A9986F #6FA97B #6F80A9 #A96F9D

square

#A9986F #6FA97B #6F80A9 #A96F9D

split-complementary

#A9986F #6F9DA9 #7B6FA9

monochromatic

#63573B #897952 #A9986F #C0B395 #D7CFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#A9986F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#A9986F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9986F

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9986F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9986F	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1976C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69B70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9986f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 152, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.060 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b698',
    500: '#a9986f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9986f;
$custom-light: #c3b698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9986f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.414,
    "s": 25.217,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68435,
    "c": 0.05979,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9986F

secondary

#AEB5C6

accent

#81C266

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13110D

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9986F

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

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