#A97C21#A97C21

#A97C21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.116 H 80.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97C21
RGB	rgb(169, 124, 33)
HSL	hsl(40, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(40, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 80.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.03, 9.17, 52.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.03, 53.53, 80.13°)
OKLab	oklab(61.57% 0.0199 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(61.57% 0.116 80.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.8460, 22.9620, 4.6147)
Luminance	0.2296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97C21 #214EA9

analogous

#A93821 #A97C21 #92A921

triadic

#A97C21 #21A97C #7C21A9

tetradic

#A97C21 #21A938 #214EA9 #A92192

square

#A97C21 #21A938 #214EA9 #A92192

split-complementary

#A97C21 #2192A9 #3821A9

monochromatic

#43310D #765617 #A97C21 #D7A031 #E1B764

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#A97C21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#A97C21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97C21

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97C21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97C21	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)

#8E7D0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988825

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86F6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97c21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 124, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.116 80.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a164',
    500: '#a97c21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97c21;
$custom-light: #c7a164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97c21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.147,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61572,
    "c": 0.11602,
    "h": 80.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97C21

secondary

#6082C6

accent

#77EA3E

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97C21

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

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