#A97E35#A97E35

#A97E35 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.104 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97E35
RGB	rgb(169, 126, 53)
HSL	hsl(38, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(38, 69%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 68.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.70, 9.01, 44.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.70, 45.81, 78.65°)
OKLab	oklab(62.14% 0.0219 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(62.14% 0.104 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.4672, 23.6156, 6.6371)
Luminance	0.2361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97E35 #3560A9

analogous

#A94435 #A97E35 #9AA935

triadic

#A97E35 #35A97E #7E35A9

tetradic

#A97E35 #35A944 #3560A9 #A9359A

square

#A97E35 #35A944 #3560A9 #A9359A

split-complementary

#A97E35 #359AA9 #4435A9

monochromatic

#4C3918 #7A5B26 #A97E35 #C99D52 #D7B781

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#A97E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#A97E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97E35

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97E35	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7F2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7726E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 126, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.104 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a370',
    500: '#a97e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97e35;
$custom-light: #c6a370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.759,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62143,
    "c": 0.10411,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97E35

secondary

#7994C1

accent

#81DC4C

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F3EC

border

#D2CDC7

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97E35

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

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