#A97E21#A97E21

#A97E21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.117 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97E21
RGB	rgb(169, 126, 33)
HSL	hsl(41, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(41, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 80.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.55, 8.05, 53.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.55, 53.82, 81.39°)
OKLab	oklab(61.98% 0.0166 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(61.98% 0.117 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.0992, 23.4684, 4.6991)
Luminance	0.2347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97E21 #214CA9

analogous

#A93A21 #A97E21 #90A921

triadic

#A97E21 #21A97E #7E21A9

tetradic

#A97E21 #21A93A #214CA9 #A92190

square

#A97E21 #21A93A #214CA9 #A92190

split-complementary

#A97E21 #2190A9 #3A21A9

monochromatic

#43320D #765817 #A97E21 #D7A231 #E1B964

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#A97E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#A97E21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97E21

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97E21	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)

#907F0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8716C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 126, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.117 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a364',
    500: '#a97e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97e21;
$custom-light: #c7a364;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.029,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61979,
    "c": 0.11652,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97E21

secondary

#6080C6

accent

#74EA3E

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97E21

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

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