#A97042#A97042

#A97042 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.095 H 58.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97042
RGB	rgb(169, 112, 66)
HSL	hsl(27, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(27, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.7%, 60.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.31, 17.79, 34.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.31, 38.76, 62.69°)
OKLab	oklab(59.55% 0.0498 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(59.55% 0.095 58.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.1412, 20.4187, 7.8756)
Luminance	0.2042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97042 #427BA9

analogous

#A94247 #A97042 #A9A342

triadic

#A97042 #42A970 #7042A9

tetradic

#A97042 #47A942 #427BA9 #A342A9

square

#A97042 #47A942 #427BA9 #A342A9

split-complementary

#A97042 #42A9A3 #4247A9

monochromatic

#513620 #7D5331 #A97042 #C38F65 #D4AF91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#A97042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#A97042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97042

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97042	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)

#81753E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B76465

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 112, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.095 58.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c69977',
    500: '#a97042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97042;
$custom-light: #c69977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.796,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59545,
    "c": 0.09514,
    "h": 58.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97042

secondary

#87A6C0

accent

#9BD454

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F9F2ED

border

#D2CCC8

text

#130E09

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97042

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

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