#A57937#A57937

#A57937 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.099 H 74.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A57937
RGB	rgb(165, 121, 55)
HSL	hsl(36, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(36, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 66.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.98, 10.16, 41.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.98, 43.15, 76.38°)
OKLab	oklab(60.7% 0.0259 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(60.7% 0.099 74.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.0454, 21.9516, 6.6370)
Luminance	0.2195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A57937 #3763A5

analogous

#A54237 #A57937 #9AA537

triadic

#A57937 #37A579 #7937A5

tetradic

#A57937 #37A542 #3763A5 #A5379A

square

#A57937 #37A542 #3763A5 #A5379A

split-complementary

#A57937 #379AA5 #4237A5

monochromatic

#493618 #775728 #A57937 #C69853 #D5B481

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#A57937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#A57937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A57937

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A57937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A57937	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897B30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B36D6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a57937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 121, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.099 74.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c39f71',
    500: '#a57937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a57937;
$custom-light: #c39f71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a57937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60698,
    "c": 0.09933,
    "h": 74.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A57937

secondary

#7995BF

accent

#86DA4E

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EC

border

#D1CCC7

text

#130E08

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A57937

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

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