#A97021#A97021

#A97021 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.115 H 70.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97021
RGB	rgb(169, 112, 33)
HSL	hsl(35, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(35, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.7%, 80.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.99, 15.94, 49.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.99, 52.43, 72.31°)
OKLab	oklab(59.2% 0.0395 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(59.2% 0.115 70)
XYZ	xyz(22.4326, 20.1352, 4.1436)
Luminance	0.2013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97021 #215AA9

analogous

#A92C21 #A97021 #9EA921

triadic

#A97021 #21A970 #7021A9

tetradic

#A97021 #21A92C #215AA9 #A9219E

square

#A97021 #21A92C #215AA9 #A9219E

split-complementary

#A97021 #219EA9 #2C21A9

monochromatic

#432C0D #764E17 #A97021 #D79131 #E1AC64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#A97021 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#A97021 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97021

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97021	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97021	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837413

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918123

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96261

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97021;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 112, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.115 70.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c89963',
    500: '#a97021',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97021;
$custom-light: #c89963;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97021",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.853,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59197,
    "c": 0.11528,
    "h": 70
  },
  "luminance": 0.20133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97021

secondary

#608BC6

accent

#86EA3E

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140D05

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97021

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

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