#A97C22#A97C22

#A97C22 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.116 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97C22
RGB	rgb(169, 124, 34)
HSL	hsl(40, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(40, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 79.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.04, 9.21, 52.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.04, 53.18, 80.02°)
OKLab	oklab(61.58% 0.0201 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(61.58% 0.116 80)
XYZ	xyz(23.8602, 22.9677, 4.6896)
Luminance	0.2297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97C22 #224FA9

analogous

#A93922 #A97C22 #92A922

triadic

#A97C22 #22A97C #7C22A9

tetradic

#A97C22 #22A939 #224FA9 #A92292

square

#A97C22 #22A939 #224FA9 #A92292

split-complementary

#A97C22 #2292A9 #3922A9

monochromatic

#43310D #765718 #A97C22 #D69F32 #E0B765

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#A97C22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#A97C22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97C22

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97C22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97C22	1.00	3.75	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.75	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)

#8E7D11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988826

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86F6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97c22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 124, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.116 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a165',
    500: '#a97c22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97c22;
$custom-light: #c7a165;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97c22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61579,
    "c": 0.11552,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.22966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97C22

secondary

#6183C5

accent

#77E93E

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97C22

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

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