#A97037#A97037

#A97037 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.103 H 63.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97037
RGB	rgb(169, 112, 55)
HSL	hsl(30, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(30, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.7%, 67.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.18, 17.03, 40.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.18, 43.54, 66.98°)
OKLab	oklab(59.4% 0.0459 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(59.4% 0.103 63.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.8476, 20.3012, 6.3289)
Luminance	0.2030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97037 #3770A9

analogous

#A93737 #A97037 #A9A937

triadic

#A97037 #37A970 #7037A9

tetradic

#A97037 #37A937 #3770A9 #A937A9

square

#A97037 #37A937 #3770A9 #A937A9

split-complementary

#A97037 #37A9A9 #3737A9

monochromatic

#4D3319 #7B5128 #A97037 #C88F55 #D7AD84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#A97037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#A97037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97037

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97037	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86363

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 112, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.103 63.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c79970',
    500: '#a97037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97037;
$custom-light: #c79970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59401,
    "c": 0.10258,
    "h": 63.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97037

secondary

#7B9EC0

accent

#94DA4D

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EC

border

#D2CCC7

text

#140D07

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97037

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

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