HEX atlas value

#9A5013

#9A5013 is a warm orange HEX color close to Saddle Brown. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 154, 80, 19, HSL 27, 78%, 34%, has luminance 0.1265, and belongs to the balanced group.

orange warm balanced

#9A5013 Sample readable text

HEX #9A5013

RGB rgb(154, 80, 19)

HSL hsl(27 78% 34%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 48, 88, 40)

Luminance 0.1265

Contrast Black 3.53:1White 5.95:1

CSS

--color-9a5013: #9A5013;
.background-9a5013 { background-color: #9A5013; }
.text-9a5013 { color: #9A5013; }

Luminance0.1265

Black text3.53:1AA Fail

White text5.95:1AA Pass

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#9A5013","rgb":[154,80,19],"hsl":[27,78,34],"cmyk":[0,48,88,40],"luminance":0.1265,"contrast":{"black":3.53,"white":5.95}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":[]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":3.53,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":5.95,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#492609","hex":"#492609","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.56,"contrastWhite":13.43,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#9A131A","hex":"#9A131A","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.48,"contrastWhite":8.46,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Burnt Umber","hex":"#8A3324","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.58,"contrastWhite":8.14,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#E47B25","hex":"#E47B25","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":7.16,"contrastWhite":2.93,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]},{"name":"Saddle Brown","hex":"#8B4513","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.96,"contrastWhite":7.1,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","balanced","balanced orange","Saddle Brown adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/9a5013.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/saddle-brown.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sienna.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cedar.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#135D9A","analogous":["#9A131A","#9A9413"],"triadic":["#139A50","#50139A"],"tetradic":["#1A9A13","#135D9A","#94139A"],"splitComplementary":["#139A94","#131A9A"],"monochromatic":["#E47B25","#9A5013","#492609"]}

Variants

{"light":"#E47B25","dark":"#492609","saturated":"#AD4E00","desaturated":"#875226","pastel":"#D89055","neon":"#D66000"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"saddle-brown","name":"Saddle Brown","hex":"#8B4513","distance":18.601075237738275},{"slug":"sienna","name":"Sienna","hex":"#A0522D","distance":26.758176320519304},{"slug":"cedar","name":"Cedar","hex":"#8B5A2B","distance":30.01666203960727},{"slug":"rust","name":"Rust","hex":"#B7410E","distance":33.03028912982749},{"slug":"brick-red","name":"Brick Red","hex":"#8A3324","distance":37.22902093797257}]

HEX meaning and use

About #9A5013

#9A5013 is classified as a warm orange value with balanced visual character. #9A5013 is visually closest to Saddle Brown, a named orange color with HEX #8B4513.

The RGB channels are 154, 80, and 19, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 27deg with 78% saturation and 34% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

According to Colors Encyclopedia, this HEX value works best for color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, and CSS color tokens. Its luminance is 0.1265, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 18.60, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text3.53:1AA Fail

White text5.95:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: none in seed set.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #9A5013 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000003.53:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF5.95:1 · AA

Accessible Alternatives

#492609#FFFFFF text · best 13.43:1#492609

#9A131A#FFFFFF text · best 8.46:1#9A131A

Burnt Umber#FFFFFF text · best 8.14:1#8A3324

#E47B25#000000 text · best 7.16:1#E47B25

Saddle Brown#FFFFFF text · best 7.1:1#8B4513

Generated Palette

#9A5013#9A5013

#135D9A#135D9A

#9A131A#9A131A

#9A9413#9A9413

#E47B25#E47B25

#492609#492609

Color Harmonies

#135D9A#135D9A

#9A131A#9A131A

#9A9413#9A9413

#139A50#139A50

#50139A#50139A

Variants

#E47B25#E47B25

#492609#492609

#AD4E00#AD4E00

#875226#875226

#D89055#D89055

#D66000#D66000

Nearest Named Colors

Saddle Brown#8B4513

Sienna#A0522D

Cedar#8B5A2B

Rust#B7410E

Brick Red#8A3324

#9A5013

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #9A5013

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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