#A97520#A97520

#A97520 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.116 H 74.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97520
RGB	rgb(169, 117, 32)
HSL	hsl(37, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(37, 81%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 81.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.24, 13.08, 51.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.24, 53.11, 75.75°)
OKLab	oklab(60.17% 0.0311 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(60.17% 0.116 74.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.9859, 21.2639, 4.2600)
Luminance	0.2126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97520 #2054A9

analogous

#A93020 #A97520 #99A920

triadic

#A97520 #20A975 #7520A9

tetradic

#A97520 #20A930 #2054A9 #A92099

square

#A97520 #20A930 #2054A9 #A92099

split-complementary

#A97520 #2099A9 #3020A9

monochromatic

#422E0D #765116 #A97520 #D8972F #E1B162

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#A97520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#A97520 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97520

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97520	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887810

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948423

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86765

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 117, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.116 74.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c89c63',
    500: '#a97520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97520;
$custom-light: #c89c63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.226,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60166,
    "c": 0.1156,
    "h": 74.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97520

secondary

#5F86C6

accent

#7FEB3D

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97520

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

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