#A97C1C#A97C1C

#A97C1C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.118 H 80.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97C1C
RGB	rgb(169, 124, 28)
HSL	hsl(41, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(41, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.01, 9.00, 54.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.01, 55.20, 80.61°)
OKLab	oklab(61.54% 0.0189 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(61.54% 0.118 80.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.7811, 22.9361, 4.2730)
Luminance	0.2293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97C1C #1C49A9

analogous

#A9351C #A97C1C #8FA91C

triadic

#A97C1C #1CA97C #7C1CA9

tetradic

#A97C1C #1CA935 #1C49A9 #A91C8F

square

#A97C1C #1CA935 #1C49A9 #A91C8F

split-complementary

#A97C1C #1C8FA9 #351CA9

monochromatic

#402F0B #745513 #A97C1C #DBA227 #E4B85B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#A97C1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#A97C1C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97C1C

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97C1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97C1C	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7D03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998821

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86F6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97c1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 124, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.118 80.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a162',
    500: '#a97c1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97c1c;
$custom-light: #c8a162;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97c1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.851,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61543,
    "c": 0.11838,
    "h": 80.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97C1C

secondary

#597CC8

accent

#73EE39

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140E05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97C1C

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

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