#A97C38#A97C38

#A97C38 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.102 H 75.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97C38
RGB	rgb(169, 124, 56)
HSL	hsl(36, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(36, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 66.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.21, 10.32, 42.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.21, 44.16, 76.49°)
OKLab	oklab(61.77% 0.0262 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(61.77% 0.102 75)
XYZ	xyz(24.2852, 23.1377, 6.9276)
Luminance	0.2314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97C38 #3865A9

analogous

#A94438 #A97C38 #9EA938

triadic

#A97C38 #38A97C #7C38A9

tetradic

#A97C38 #38A944 #3865A9 #A9389E

square

#A97C38 #38A944 #3865A9 #A9389E

split-complementary

#A97C38 #389EA9 #4438A9

monochromatic

#4D391A #7B5A29 #A97C38 #C79B57 #D7B685

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#A97C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#A97C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97C38

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97C38	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7E31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97893A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7706D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 124, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.102 75.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a171',
    500: '#a97c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97c38;
$custom-light: #c6a171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.106,
    "s": 50.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61772,
    "c": 0.10151,
    "h": 75
  },
  "luminance": 0.23136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97C38

secondary

#7C97C0

accent

#86DA4E

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F9F2ED

border

#D2CCC8

text

#130F08

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97C38

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

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