#A97E1C#A97E1C

#A97E1C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.119 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97E1C
RGB	rgb(169, 126, 28)
HSL	hsl(42, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(42, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.53, 7.88, 54.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.53, 55.47, 81.83°)
OKLab	oklab(61.95% 0.0156 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(61.95% 0.119 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.0343, 23.4424, 4.3574)
Luminance	0.2344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97E1C #1C47A9

analogous

#A9371C #A97E1C #8DA91C

triadic

#A97E1C #1CA97E #7E1CA9

tetradic

#A97E1C #1CA937 #1C47A9 #A91C8D

square

#A97E1C #1CA937 #1C47A9 #A91C8D

split-complementary

#A97E1C #1C8DA9 #371CA9

monochromatic

#40300B #745713 #A97E1C #DBA427 #E4BA5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#A97E1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#A97E1C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97E1C

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97E1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97E1C	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)

#907F02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8921

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8716C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97e1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 126, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.119 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a362',
    500: '#a97e1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97e1c;
$custom-light: #c8a362;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97e1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.702,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6195,
    "c": 0.11888,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97E1C

secondary

#597BC8

accent

#71EE39

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97E1C

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

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