#A97E2A#A97E2A

#A97E2A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.112 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97E2A
RGB	rgb(169, 126, 42)
HSL	hsl(40, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(40, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 75.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.61, 8.43, 49.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.61, 50.45, 80.38°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% 0.0188 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.112 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.2426, 23.5257, 5.4541)
Luminance	0.2352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97E2A #2A55A9

analogous

#A93F2A #A97E2A #95A92A

triadic

#A97E2A #2AA97E #7E2AA9

tetradic

#A97E2A #2AA93F #2A55A9 #A92A95

square

#A97E2A #2AA93F #2A55A9 #A92A95

split-complementary

#A97E2A #2A95A9 #3F2AA9

monochromatic

#473512 #78591E #A97E2A #D09F41 #DCB872

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#A97E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#A97E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97E2A

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97E2A	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)

#8F7F1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8716D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 126, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.112 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a369',
    500: '#a97e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97e2a;
$custom-light: #c7a369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.685,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62043,
    "c": 0.1115,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97E2A

secondary

#6C89C3

accent

#7AE344

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F3EB

border

#D2CDC6

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97E2A

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

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