#A97038#A97038

#A97038 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.102 H 63.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97038
RGB	rgb(169, 112, 56)
HSL	hsl(30, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(30, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.7%, 66.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.19, 17.09, 39.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.19, 43.11, 66.64°)
OKLab	oklab(59.41% 0.0462 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(59.41% 0.102 63.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.8718, 20.3109, 6.4564)
Luminance	0.2031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97038 #3871A9

analogous

#A93838 #A97038 #A9A938

triadic

#A97038 #38A970 #7038A9

tetradic

#A97038 #38A938 #3871A9 #A938A9

square

#A97038 #38A938 #3871A9 #A938A9

split-complementary

#A97038 #38A9A9 #3838A9

monochromatic

#4D331A #7B5229 #A97038 #C78F57 #D7AD85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#A97038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#A97038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97038

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97038	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)

#827532

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86363

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 112, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.102 63.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c79971',
    500: '#a97038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97038;
$custom-light: #c79971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.735,
    "s": 50.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59413,
    "c": 0.10192,
    "h": 63.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97038

secondary

#7C9FC0

accent

#95DA4E

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EC

border

#D2CCC7

text

#140E08

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97038

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

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