#A97040#A97040

#A97040 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.097 H 59.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97040
RGB	rgb(169, 112, 64)
HSL	hsl(27, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(27, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.7%, 62.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.28, 17.64, 35.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.28, 39.63, 63.57°)
OKLab	oklab(59.52% 0.0491 0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(59.52% 0.097 59.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.0833, 20.3955, 7.5705)
Luminance	0.2039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97040 #4079A9

analogous

#A94044 #A97040 #A9A440

triadic

#A97040 #40A970 #7040A9

tetradic

#A97040 #44A940 #4079A9 #A440A9

square

#A97040 #44A940 #4079A9 #A440A9

split-complementary

#A97040 #40A9A4 #4044A9

monochromatic

#50351E #7D532F #A97040 #C48F62 #D5AF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#A97040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#A97040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97040

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97040	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81753C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86465

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 112, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.097 59.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c69976',
    500: '#a97040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97040;
$custom-light: #c69976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.429,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59517,
    "c": 0.09652,
    "h": 59.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97040

secondary

#85A5C0

accent

#99D553

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F9F2ED

border

#D2CCC8

text

#130E08

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97040

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

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