#A9996F#A9996F

#A9996F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.061 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9996F
RGB	rgb(169, 153, 111)
HSL	hsl(43, 25%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(43, 34%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 34.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.64, -0.52, 24.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.64, 24.26, 91.23°)
OKLab	oklab(68.65% 0.0004 0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(68.65% 0.061 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.6231, 32.3662, 19.6700)
Luminance	0.3236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9996F #6F7FA9

analogous

#A97C6F #A9996F #9CA96F

triadic

#A9996F #6FA999 #996FA9

tetradic

#A9996F #6FA97C #6F7FA9 #A96F9C

square

#A9996F #6FA97C #6F7FA9 #A96F9C

split-complementary

#A9996F #6F9CA9 #7C6FA9

monochromatic

#63583B #897A52 #A9996F #C0B495 #D7CFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#A9996F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#A9996F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9996F

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9996F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9996F	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2976C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69C70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2928E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9996f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 153, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.061 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b698',
    500: '#a9996f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9996f;
$custom-light: #c3b698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9996f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.448,
    "s": 25.217,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68646,
    "c": 0.06061,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9996F

secondary

#AEB4C6

accent

#7FC266

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13110D

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9996F

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

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