#A97521#A97521

#A97521 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.115 H 74.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97521
RGB	rgb(169, 117, 33)
HSL	hsl(37, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(37, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 80.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.24, 13.11, 51.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.24, 52.76, 75.61°)
OKLab	oklab(60.17% 0.0313 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(60.17% 0.115 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.9997, 21.2694, 4.3326)
Luminance	0.2127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97521 #2155A9

analogous

#A93121 #A97521 #99A921

triadic

#A97521 #21A975 #7521A9

tetradic

#A97521 #21A931 #2155A9 #A92199

square

#A97521 #21A931 #2155A9 #A92199

split-complementary

#A97521 #2199A9 #3121A9

monochromatic

#432E0D #765217 #A97521 #D79731 #E1B164

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#A97521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#A97521 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97521

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97521	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)

#887812

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948424

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86765

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 117, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.115 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c89c63',
    500: '#a97521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97521;
$custom-light: #c89c63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.059,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60173,
    "c": 0.11511,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97521

secondary

#6087C6

accent

#80EA3E

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97521

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

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