#A97A21#A97A21

#A97A21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.116 H 78.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97A21
RGB	rgb(169, 122, 33)
HSL	hsl(39, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(39, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 80.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.52, 10.30, 52.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.52, 53.28, 78.85°)
OKLab	oklab(61.17% 0.0231 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(61.17% 0.116 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.5979, 22.4658, 4.5320)
Luminance	0.2246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97A21 #2150A9

analogous

#A93621 #A97A21 #94A921

triadic

#A97A21 #21A97A #7A21A9

tetradic

#A97A21 #21A936 #2150A9 #A92194

square

#A97A21 #21A936 #2150A9 #A92194

split-complementary

#A97A21 #2194A9 #3621A9

monochromatic

#43300D #765517 #A97A21 #D79D31 #E1B564

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#A97A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#A97A21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97A21

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97A21	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7C10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978725

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86D69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 122, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.116 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a064',
    500: '#a97a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97a21;
$custom-light: #c7a064;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.265,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61169,
    "c": 0.11563,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97A21

secondary

#6083C6

accent

#79EA3E

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97A21

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

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