#A97D31#A97D31

#A97D31 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.107 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97D31
RGB	rgb(169, 125, 49)
HSL	hsl(38, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(38, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26%, 71%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.41, 9.34, 46.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.41, 47.39, 78.63°)
OKLab	oklab(61.9% 0.0224 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(61.9% 0.107 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.2517, 23.3258, 6.1302)
Luminance	0.2332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97D31 #315DA9

analogous

#A94131 #A97D31 #99A931

triadic

#A97D31 #31A97D #7D31A9

tetradic

#A97D31 #31A941 #315DA9 #A93199

square

#A97D31 #31A941 #315DA9 #A93199

split-complementary

#A97D31 #3199A9 #4131A9

monochromatic

#4A3715 #7A5A23 #A97D31 #CB9D4C #D9B77C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#A97D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#A97D31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97D31

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97D31	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8716D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 125, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.107 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a26d',
    500: '#a97d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97d31;
$custom-light: #c7a26d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61901,
    "c": 0.10671,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97D31

secondary

#7491C1

accent

#80DE49

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EC

border

#D2CCC7

text

#140F07

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97D31

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

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