#A97142#A97142

#A97142 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.095 H 59.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97142
RGB	rgb(169, 113, 66)
HSL	hsl(27, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(27, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.1%, 60.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.55, 17.22, 34.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.55, 38.77, 63.63°)
OKLab	oklab(59.74% 0.0481 0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(59.74% 0.095 59.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.2522, 20.6406, 7.9126)
Luminance	0.2064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97142 #427AA9

analogous

#A94246 #A97142 #A9A442

triadic

#A97142 #42A971 #7142A9

tetradic

#A97142 #46A942 #427AA9 #A442A9

square

#A97142 #46A942 #427AA9 #A442A9

split-complementary

#A97142 #42A9A4 #4246A9

monochromatic

#513620 #7D5431 #A97142 #C39065 #D4B091

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#A97142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#A97142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97142

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97142	1.00	4.10	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82763E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B76566

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 113, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.095 59.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c69a77',
    500: '#a97142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97142;
$custom-light: #c69a77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.379,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59736,
    "c": 0.09482,
    "h": 59.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97142

secondary

#87A6C0

accent

#99D454

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F9F2ED

border

#D2CCC8

text

#130E09

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97142

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

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