#A97559#A97559

#A97559 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.077 H 49.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97559
RGB	rgb(169, 117, 89)
HSL	hsl(21, 32%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(21, 47%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 47.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.90, 17.04, 23.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.90, 29.13, 54.20°)
OKLab	oklab(60.9% 0.0505 0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(60.9% 0.077 49.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.5278, 21.8807, 12.3808)
Luminance	0.2188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97559 #598DA9

analogous

#A95965 #A97559 #A99D59

triadic

#A97559 #59A975 #7559A9

tetradic

#A97559 #65A959 #598DA9 #9D59A9

square

#A97559 #65A959 #598DA9 #9D59A9

split-complementary

#A97559 #59A99D #5965A9

monochromatic

#593D2E #825943 #A97559 #BE9781 #D3B8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#A97559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#A97559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97559

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97559	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837A57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B66C6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 117, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.077 49.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c59d88',
    500: '#a97559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97559;
$custom-light: #c59d88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21,
    "s": 31.746,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60896,
    "c": 0.0772,
    "h": 49.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97559

secondary

#9DB4C1

accent

#A4C860

background

#FCF9F8

surface

#F8F2EF

border

#D1CCCA

text

#130E0B

muted

#827E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97559

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

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