#A97A42#A97A42

#A97A42 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.094 H 69.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97A42
RGB	rgb(169, 122, 66)
HSL	hsl(33, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(33, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 60.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.81, 12.14, 37.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.81, 39.33, 72.02°)
OKLab	oklab(61.49% 0.033 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(61.49% 0.094 69.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.3065, 22.7493, 8.2641)
Luminance	0.2275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97A42 #4271A9

analogous

#A94642 #A97A42 #A4A942

triadic

#A97A42 #42A97A #7A42A9

tetradic

#A97A42 #42A946 #4271A9 #A942A4

square

#A97A42 #42A946 #4271A9 #A942A4

split-complementary

#A97A42 #42A4A9 #4642A9

monochromatic

#513A20 #7D5A31 #A97A42 #C39865 #D4B691

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#A97A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#A97A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97A42

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97A42	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B76F6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 122, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.094 69.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a078',
    500: '#a97a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97a42;
$custom-light: #c6a078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.621,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61494,
    "c": 0.09357,
    "h": 69.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97A42

secondary

#87A1C0

accent

#8ED454

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F8F2ED

border

#D1CCC8

text

#130E09

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97A42

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

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