#A97B1C#A97B1C

#A97B1C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.118 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97B1C
RGB	rgb(169, 123, 28)
HSL	hsl(40, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(40, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.75, 9.57, 54.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.75, 55.07, 80.00°)
OKLab	oklab(61.34% 0.0205 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(61.34% 0.118 80)
XYZ	xyz(23.6564, 22.6867, 4.2314)
Luminance	0.2268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97B1C #1C4AA9

analogous

#A9351C #A97B1C #90A91C

triadic

#A97B1C #1CA97B #7B1CA9

tetradic

#A97B1C #1CA935 #1C4AA9 #A91C90

square

#A97B1C #1CA935 #1C4AA9 #A91C90

split-complementary

#A97B1C #1C90A9 #351CA9

monochromatic

#402F0B #745513 #A97B1C #DBA027 #E4B75B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#A97B1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#A97B1C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97B1C

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97B1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97B1C	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7C04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988821

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86E69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97b1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 123, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.118 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a062',
    500: '#a97b1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97b1c;
$custom-light: #c8a062;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97b1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.426,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61341,
    "c": 0.11817,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.22685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97B1C

secondary

#597DC8

accent

#74EE39

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140E05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97B1C

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

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