#A97E28#A97E28

#A97E28 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.113 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97E28
RGB	rgb(169, 126, 40)
HSL	hsl(40, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(40, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 76.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.60, 8.34, 50.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.60, 51.24, 80.64°)
OKLab	oklab(62.03% 0.0183 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(62.03% 0.113 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.2076, 23.5118, 5.2703)
Luminance	0.2351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97E28 #2853A9

analogous

#A93D28 #A97E28 #93A928

triadic

#A97E28 #28A97E #7E28A9

tetradic

#A97E28 #28A93D #2853A9 #A92893

square

#A97E28 #28A93D #2853A9 #A92893

split-complementary

#A97E28 #2893A9 #3D28A9

monochromatic

#463411 #78591C #A97E28 #D1A03D #DDB86F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#A97E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#A97E28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97E28

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97E28	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7F1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8716D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 126, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.113 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a368',
    500: '#a97e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97e28;
$custom-light: #c7a368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 61.722,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62027,
    "c": 0.1127,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97E28

secondary

#6987C4

accent

#79E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F3EB

border

#D2CDC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97E28

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

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