#A97B1E#A97B1E

#A97B1E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.117 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97B1E
RGB	rgb(169, 123, 30)
HSL	hsl(40, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(40, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 82.2%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.76, 9.63, 53.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.76, 54.42, 79.81°)
OKLab	oklab(61.35% 0.0209 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(61.35% 0.117 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.6812, 22.6966, 4.3617)
Luminance	0.2270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97B1E #1E4CA9

analogous

#A9361E #A97B1E #92A91E

triadic

#A97B1E #1EA97B #7B1EA9

tetradic

#A97B1E #1EA936 #1E4CA9 #A91E92

square

#A97B1E #1EA936 #1E4CA9 #A91E92

split-complementary

#A97B1E #1E92A9 #361EA9

monochromatic

#412F0C #755515 #A97B1E #D9A02B #E3B75F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#A97B1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#A97B1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97B1E

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97B1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97B1E	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)

#8D7C09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988822

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86E6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97b1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 123, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.117 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a063',
    500: '#a97b1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97b1e;
$custom-light: #c8a063;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97b1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.144,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61352,
    "c": 0.11726,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97B1E

secondary

#5C7FC7

accent

#76ED3B

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97B1E

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

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