#A97C40#A97C40

#A97C40 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.095 H 72.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97C40
RGB	rgb(169, 124, 64)
HSL	hsl(34, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(34, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 62.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.30, 10.86, 39.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.30, 40.50, 74.44°)
OKLab	oklab(61.87% 0.0289 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(61.87% 0.095 72.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.4967, 23.2223, 8.0416)
Luminance	0.2322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97C40 #406DA9

analogous

#A94840 #A97C40 #A1A940

triadic

#A97C40 #40A97C #7C40A9

tetradic

#A97C40 #40A948 #406DA9 #A940A1

square

#A97C40 #40A948 #406DA9 #A940A1

split-complementary

#A97C40 #40A1A9 #4840A9

monochromatic

#503B1E #7D5B2F #A97C40 #C49A62 #D5B78F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#A97C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#A97C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97C40

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97C40	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7E3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7716E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 124, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.095 72.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a177',
    500: '#a97c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97c40;
$custom-light: #c6a177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61867,
    "c": 0.0953,
    "h": 72.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97C40

secondary

#859EC0

accent

#8BD553

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F8F2ED

border

#D1CCC8

text

#130F09

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97C40

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

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