#A97235#A97235

#A97235 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.104 H 66.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97235
RGB	rgb(169, 114, 53)
HSL	hsl(32, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(32, 69%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 68.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.65, 15.77, 41.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.65, 44.49, 69.24°)
OKLab	oklab(59.76% 0.0418 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(59.76% 0.104 66.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.0237, 20.7287, 6.1559)
Luminance	0.2073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97235 #356CA9

analogous

#A93835 #A97235 #A6A935

triadic

#A97235 #35A972 #7235A9

tetradic

#A97235 #35A938 #356CA9 #A935A6

square

#A97235 #35A938 #356CA9 #A935A6

split-complementary

#A97235 #35A6A9 #3835A9

monochromatic

#4C3318 #7A5326 #A97235 #C99152 #D7AE81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#A97235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#A97235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97235

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97235	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84762E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86565

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 114, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.104 66.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c79a6f',
    500: '#a97235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97235;
$custom-light: #c79a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.552,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59763,
    "c": 0.10354,
    "h": 66.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97235

secondary

#799BC1

accent

#90DC4C

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EC

border

#D2CCC7

text

#140E07

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97235

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

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