#A97835#A97835

#A97835 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.103 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97835
RGB	rgb(169, 120, 53)
HSL	hsl(35, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(35, 69%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29%, 68.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.16, 12.39, 43.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.16, 44.99, 74.02°)
OKLab	oklab(60.94% 0.0318 0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(60.94% 0.103 72)
XYZ	xyz(23.7228, 22.1269, 6.3890)
Luminance	0.2213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97835 #3566A9

analogous

#A93E35 #A97835 #A0A935

triadic

#A97835 #35A978 #7835A9

tetradic

#A97835 #35A93E #3566A9 #A935A0

square

#A97835 #35A93E #3566A9 #A935A0

split-complementary

#A97835 #35A0A9 #3E35A9

monochromatic

#4C3618 #7A5726 #A97835 #C99752 #D7B381

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#A97835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#A97835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97835

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97835	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897B2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86C69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 120, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.103 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c79e6f',
    500: '#a97835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97835;
$custom-light: #c79e6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.655,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6094,
    "c": 0.10326,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.22125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97835

secondary

#7997C1

accent

#89DC4C

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EC

border

#D2CCC7

text

#140E07

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97835

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

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