#A97231#A97231

#A97231 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.106 H 67.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97231
RGB	rgb(169, 114, 49)
HSL	hsl(33, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(33, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 71%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.61, 15.54, 43.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.61, 46.21, 70.34°)
OKLab	oklab(59.72% 0.0406 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(59.72% 0.106 67.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.9355, 20.6934, 5.6914)
Luminance	0.2069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97231 #3168A9

analogous

#A93631 #A97231 #A4A931

triadic

#A97231 #31A972 #7231A9

tetradic

#A97231 #31A936 #3168A9 #A931A4

square

#A97231 #31A936 #3168A9 #A931A4

split-complementary

#A97231 #31A4A9 #3631A9

monochromatic

#4A3215 #7A5223 #A97231 #CB914C #D9AE7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#A97231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#A97231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97231

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97231	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84762A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86564

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 114, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.106 67.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c79a6c',
    500: '#a97231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97231;
$custom-light: #c79a6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59721,
    "c": 0.10614,
    "h": 67.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97231

secondary

#7498C1

accent

#8EDE49

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140E07

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97231

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

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