#A97221#A97221

#A97221 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.115 H 71.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97221
RGB	rgb(169, 114, 33)
HSL	hsl(36, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(36, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 80.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.49, 14.81, 50.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.49, 52.54, 73.63°)
OKLab	oklab(59.59% 0.0362 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(59.59% 0.115 71.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.6558, 20.5815, 4.2180)
Luminance	0.2058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97221 #2158A9

analogous

#A92E21 #A97221 #9CA921

triadic

#A97221 #21A972 #7221A9

tetradic

#A97221 #21A92E #2158A9 #A9219C

square

#A97221 #21A92E #2158A9 #A9219C

split-complementary

#A97221 #219CA9 #2E21A9

monochromatic

#432D0D #764F17 #A97221 #D79331 #E1AE64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#A97221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#A97221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97221

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97221	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857513

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928224

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96462

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 114, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.115 71.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c89a63',
    500: '#a97221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97221;
$custom-light: #c89a63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.735,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59585,
    "c": 0.11513,
    "h": 71.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97221

secondary

#6089C6

accent

#83EA3E

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97221

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

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