#A97B21#A97B21

#A97B21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.116 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97B21
RGB	rgb(169, 123, 33)
HSL	hsl(40, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(40, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 80.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.78, 9.74, 52.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.78, 53.40, 79.49°)
OKLab	oklab(61.37% 0.0215 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(61.37% 0.116 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.7213, 22.7126, 4.5732)
Luminance	0.2271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97B21 #214FA9

analogous

#A93721 #A97B21 #93A921

triadic

#A97B21 #21A97B #7B21A9

tetradic

#A97B21 #21A937 #214FA9 #A92193

square

#A97B21 #21A937 #214FA9 #A92193

split-complementary

#A97B21 #2193A9 #3721A9

monochromatic

#43300D #765617 #A97B21 #D79E31 #E1B664

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#A97B21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#A97B21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97B21

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97B21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97B21	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)

#8D7C0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988825

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86E6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97b21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 123, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.116 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a064',
    500: '#a97b21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97b21;
$custom-light: #c7a064;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97b21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.706,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6137,
    "c": 0.11582,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97B21

secondary

#6082C6

accent

#78EA3E

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97B21

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

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