#A97D40#A97D40

#A97D40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.095 H 73.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97D40
RGB	rgb(169, 125, 64)
HSL	hsl(35, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(35, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26%, 62.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.56, 10.30, 39.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.56, 40.64, 75.32°)
OKLab	oklab(62.07% 0.0273 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(62.07% 0.095 73.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.6226, 23.4742, 8.0836)
Luminance	0.2347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97D40 #406CA9

analogous

#A94840 #A97D40 #A0A940

triadic

#A97D40 #40A97D #7D40A9

tetradic

#A97D40 #40A948 #406CA9 #A940A0

square

#A97D40 #40A948 #406CA9 #A940A0

split-complementary

#A97D40 #40A0A9 #4840A9

monochromatic

#503B1E #7D5C2F #A97D40 #C49B62 #D5B78F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#A97D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#A97D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97D40

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97D40	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7F3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7726F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 125, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.095 73.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a277',
    500: '#a97d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97d40;
$custom-light: #c6a277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.857,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62068,
    "c": 0.09542,
    "h": 73.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97D40

secondary

#859EC0

accent

#89D553

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F8F2ED

border

#D1CCC8

text

#130F09

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97D40

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

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