#A97837#A97837

#A97837 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.102 H 71.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97837
RGB	rgb(169, 120, 55)
HSL	hsl(34, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(34, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29%, 67.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.18, 12.51, 42.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.18, 44.11, 73.52°)
OKLab	oklab(60.96% 0.0325 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(60.96% 0.102 71.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.7698, 22.1457, 6.6363)
Luminance	0.2214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97837 #3768A9

analogous

#A93F37 #A97837 #A1A937

triadic

#A97837 #37A978 #7837A9

tetradic

#A97837 #37A93F #3768A9 #A937A1

square

#A97837 #37A93F #3768A9 #A937A1

split-complementary

#A97837 #37A1A9 #3F37A9

monochromatic

#4D3619 #7B5728 #A97837 #C89755 #D7B384

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#A97837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#A97837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97837

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97837	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)

#897B30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86C6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 120, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.102 71.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c69e71',
    500: '#a97837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97837;
$custom-light: #c69e71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.211,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60962,
    "c": 0.10184,
    "h": 71.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97837

secondary

#7B99C0

accent

#8ADA4D

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EC

border

#D2CCC7

text

#140E08

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97837

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

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