#A97522#A97522

#A97522 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.115 H 74.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97522
RGB	rgb(169, 117, 34)
HSL	hsl(37, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(37, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 79.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.25, 13.15, 50.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.25, 52.40, 75.46°)
OKLab	oklab(60.18% 0.0315 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(60.18% 0.115 74)
XYZ	xyz(23.0139, 21.2751, 4.4075)
Luminance	0.2127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97522 #2256A9

analogous

#A93222 #A97522 #99A922

triadic

#A97522 #22A975 #7522A9

tetradic

#A97522 #22A932 #2256A9 #A92299

square

#A97522 #22A932 #2256A9 #A92299

split-complementary

#A97522 #2299A9 #3222A9

monochromatic

#432E0D #765218 #A97522 #D69732 #E0B165

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#A97522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#A97522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97522

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97522	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)

#887813

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948425

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86765

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 117, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.115 74.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c89c64',
    500: '#a97522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97522;
$custom-light: #c89c64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.889,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6018,
    "c": 0.11462,
    "h": 74
  },
  "luminance": 0.21273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97522

secondary

#6188C5

accent

#80E93E

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97522

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

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