#A97E2E#A97E2E

#A97E2E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.109 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97E2E
RGB	rgb(169, 126, 46)
HSL	hsl(39, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(39, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 72.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.64, 8.62, 48.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.64, 48.82, 79.82°)
OKLab	oklab(62.08% 0.0199 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(62.08% 0.109 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.3178, 23.5558, 5.8502)
Luminance	0.2355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97E2E #2E59A9

analogous

#A9402E #A97E2E #97A92E

triadic

#A97E2E #2EA97E #7E2EA9

tetradic

#A97E2E #2EA940 #2E59A9 #A92E97

square

#A97E2E #2EA940 #2E59A9 #A92E97

split-complementary

#A97E2E #2E97A9 #402EA9

monochromatic

#493614 #795A21 #A97E2E #CD9E47 #DAB877

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#A97E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#A97E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97E2E

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97E2E	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)

#8F7F23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8726E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 126, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.109 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a36b',
    500: '#a97e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97e2e;
$custom-light: #c7a36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.024,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62076,
    "c": 0.10897,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97E2E

secondary

#718DC2

accent

#7DE047

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F3EB

border

#D2CDC6

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97E2E

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

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