#A97557#A97557

#A97557 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.079 H 50.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97557
RGB	rgb(169, 117, 87)
HSL	hsl(22, 32%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(22, 49%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 48.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.86, 16.83, 24.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.86, 29.90, 55.75°)
OKLab	oklab(60.86% 0.0497 0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(60.86% 0.079 50.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.4450, 21.8475, 11.9445)
Luminance	0.2185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97557 #578BA9

analogous

#A95762 #A97557 #A99E57

triadic

#A97557 #57A975 #7557A9

tetradic

#A97557 #62A957 #578BA9 #9E57A9

square

#A97557 #62A957 #578BA9 #9E57A9

split-complementary

#A97557 #57A99E #5762A9

monochromatic

#583D2D #815942 #A97557 #BE967F #D2B8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#A97557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#A97557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97557

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97557	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837A55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B66C6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 117, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.079 50.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c59d86',
    500: '#a97557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97557;
$custom-light: #c59d86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.951,
    "s": 32.283,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60857,
    "c": 0.07854,
    "h": 50.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97557

secondary

#9CB3C0

accent

#A2C85F

background

#FCF9F8

surface

#F8F2EF

border

#D1CCCA

text

#130E0B

muted

#827E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97557

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

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