#A96237#A96237

#A96237 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.109 H 50.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A96237
RGB	rgb(169, 98, 55)
HSL	hsl(23, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(23, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42%, 67.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.82, 24.88, 36.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.82, 43.99, 55.55°)
OKLab	oklab(56.81% 0.0694 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(56.81% 0.109 50.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.4212, 17.4484, 5.8535)
Luminance	0.1745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A96237 #377EA9

analogous

#A93745 #A96237 #A99B37

triadic

#A96237 #37A962 #6237A9

tetradic

#A96237 #45A937 #377EA9 #9B37A9

square

#A96237 #45A937 #377EA9 #9B37A9

split-complementary

#A96237 #37A99B #3745A9

monochromatic

#4D2C19 #7B4728 #A96237 #C88155 #D7A384

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#A96237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#A96237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A96237

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A96237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A96237	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766A33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B85458

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a96237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 98, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.109 50.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78f6f',
    500: '#a96237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a96237;
$custom-light: #c78f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a96237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.632,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56806,
    "c": 0.10864,
    "h": 50.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A96237

secondary

#7BA6C0

accent

#A5DA4D

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EC

border

#D2CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A96237

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

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