#A97138#A97138

#A97138 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.102 H 64.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97138
RGB	rgb(169, 113, 56)
HSL	hsl(30, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(30, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.1%, 66.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.43, 16.52, 39.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.43, 43.14, 67.48°)
OKLab	oklab(59.61% 0.0445 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(59.61% 0.102 64)
XYZ	xyz(22.9827, 20.5328, 6.4934)
Luminance	0.2053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97138 #3870A9

analogous

#A93838 #A97138 #A9A938

triadic

#A97138 #38A971 #7138A9

tetradic

#A97138 #38A938 #3870A9 #A938A9

square

#A97138 #38A938 #3870A9 #A938A9

split-complementary

#A97138 #38A9A9 #3838A9

monochromatic

#4D341A #7B5229 #A97138 #C79057 #D7AE85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#A97138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#A97138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97138

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97138	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837532

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86464

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 113, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.102 64.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c79a71',
    500: '#a97138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97138;
$custom-light: #c79a71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.265,
    "s": 50.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59605,
    "c": 0.10171,
    "h": 64
  },
  "luminance": 0.20531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97138

secondary

#7C9EC0

accent

#93DA4E

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EC

border

#D2CCC7

text

#140E08

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97138

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

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