#A97D21#A97D21

#A97D21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.116 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97D21
RGB	rgb(169, 125, 33)
HSL	hsl(41, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(41, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26%, 80.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.29, 8.61, 52.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.29, 53.67, 80.76°)
OKLab	oklab(61.78% 0.0182 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(61.78% 0.116 81)
XYZ	xyz(23.9720, 23.2139, 4.6567)
Luminance	0.2321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97D21 #214DA9

analogous

#A93921 #A97D21 #91A921

triadic

#A97D21 #21A97D #7D21A9

tetradic

#A97D21 #21A939 #214DA9 #A92191

square

#A97D21 #21A939 #214DA9 #A92191

split-complementary

#A97D21 #2191A9 #3921A9

monochromatic

#43310D #765717 #A97D21 #D7A131 #E1B864

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#A97D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#A97D21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97D21

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97D21	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)

#8F7E0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998925

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8706B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 125, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.116 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a264',
    500: '#a97d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97d21;
$custom-light: #c7a264;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.588,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61775,
    "c": 0.11626,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.23212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97D21

secondary

#6081C6

accent

#75EA3E

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97D21

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

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