#A97237#A97237

#A97237 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.102 H 65.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97237
RGB	rgb(169, 114, 55)
HSL	hsl(31, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(31, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 67.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.67, 15.90, 40.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.67, 43.62, 68.63°)
OKLab	oklab(59.79% 0.0425 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(59.79% 0.102 65.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.0707, 20.7475, 6.4033)
Luminance	0.2074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97237 #376EA9

analogous

#A93937 #A97237 #A7A937

triadic

#A97237 #37A972 #7237A9

tetradic

#A97237 #37A939 #376EA9 #A937A7

square

#A97237 #37A939 #376EA9 #A937A7

split-complementary

#A97237 #37A7A9 #3937A9

monochromatic

#4D3419 #7B5328 #A97237 #C89155 #D7AF84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#A97237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#A97237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97237

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97237	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)

#847631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86565

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 114, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.102 65.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c79a70',
    500: '#a97237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97237;
$custom-light: #c79a70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.053,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59786,
    "c": 0.10221,
    "h": 65.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97237

secondary

#7B9DC0

accent

#91DA4D

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EC

border

#D2CCC7

text

#140E08

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97237

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

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