#A97236#A97236

#A97236 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.103 H 65.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97236
RGB	rgb(169, 114, 54)
HSL	hsl(31, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(31, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 68%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.66, 15.83, 41.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.66, 44.06, 68.94°)
OKLab	oklab(59.78% 0.0422 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(59.78% 0.103 65.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.0470, 20.7380, 6.2783)
Luminance	0.2074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97236 #366DA9

analogous

#A93836 #A97236 #A6A936

triadic

#A97236 #36A972 #7236A9

tetradic

#A97236 #36A938 #366DA9 #A936A6

square

#A97236 #36A938 #366DA9 #A936A6

split-complementary

#A97236 #36A6A9 #3836A9

monochromatic

#4C3318 #7B5327 #A97236 #C89154 #D7AF82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#A97236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#A97236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97236

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97236	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)

#847630

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86565

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 114, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.103 65.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c79a6f',
    500: '#a97236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97236;
$custom-light: #c79a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.304,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59775,
    "c": 0.10288,
    "h": 65.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97236

secondary

#7A9CC1

accent

#91DB4D

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EC

border

#D2CCC7

text

#140E07

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97236

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

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