#A96837#A96837

#A96837 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.105 H 55.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A96837
RGB	rgb(169, 104, 55)
HSL	hsl(26, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(26, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.5%, 67.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.23, 21.53, 37.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.23, 43.57, 60.39°)
OKLab	oklab(57.9% 0.0593 0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(57.9% 0.105 55.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.0038, 18.6136, 6.0477)
Luminance	0.1861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A96837 #3778A9

analogous

#A9373F #A96837 #A9A137

triadic

#A96837 #37A968 #6837A9

tetradic

#A96837 #3FA937 #3778A9 #A137A9

square

#A96837 #3FA937 #3778A9 #A137A9

split-complementary

#A96837 #37A9A1 #373FA9

monochromatic

#4D2F19 #7B4C28 #A96837 #C88755 #D7A784

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#A96837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#A96837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A96837

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A96837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A96837	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6F32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B85A5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a96837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 104, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.105 55.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c79370',
    500: '#a96837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a96837;
$custom-light: #c79370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a96837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.789,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57895,
    "c": 0.10534,
    "h": 55.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A96837

secondary

#7BA3C0

accent

#9EDA4D

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F1EC

border

#D2CBC7

text

#140D07

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A96837

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

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