#A97E2B#A97E2B

#A97E2B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.111 H 80.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97E2B
RGB	rgb(169, 126, 43)
HSL	hsl(40, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(40, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 74.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.62, 8.47, 49.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.62, 50.05, 80.25°)
OKLab	oklab(62.05% 0.019 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(62.05% 0.111 80.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.2607, 23.5330, 5.5496)
Luminance	0.2353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97E2B #2B56A9

analogous

#A93F2B #A97E2B #95A92B

triadic

#A97E2B #2BA97E #7E2BA9

tetradic

#A97E2B #2BA93F #2B56A9 #A92B95

square

#A97E2B #2BA93F #2B56A9 #A92B95

split-complementary

#A97E2B #2B95A9 #3F2BA9

monochromatic

#473512 #785A1F #A97E2B #CF9F42 #DBB873

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#A97E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#A97E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97E2B

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97E2B	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7F1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8716D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 126, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.111 80.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a36a',
    500: '#a97e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97e2b;
$custom-light: #c7a36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.524,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62051,
    "c": 0.11089,
    "h": 80.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97E2B

secondary

#6D8AC3

accent

#7BE345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F3EB

border

#D2CDC6

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97E2B

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

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