#A97E36#A97E36

#A97E36 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.103 H 77.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97E36
RGB	rgb(169, 126, 54)
HSL	hsl(38, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(38, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 68%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.71, 9.07, 44.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.71, 45.36, 78.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.15% 0.0223 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(62.15% 0.103 77.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.4904, 23.6249, 6.7595)
Luminance	0.2362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97E36 #3661A9

analogous

#A94436 #A97E36 #9AA936

triadic

#A97E36 #36A97E #7E36A9

tetradic

#A97E36 #36A944 #3661A9 #A9369A

square

#A97E36 #36A944 #3661A9 #A9369A

split-complementary

#A97E36 #369AA9 #4436A9

monochromatic

#4C3918 #7B5B27 #A97E36 #C89D54 #D7B782

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#A97E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#A97E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97E36

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97E36	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)

#8E7F2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7726E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 126, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.103 77.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a370',
    500: '#a97e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97e36;
$custom-light: #c6a370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.565,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62154,
    "c": 0.10337,
    "h": 77.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97E36

secondary

#7A95C1

accent

#82DB4D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F3EC

border

#D2CDC7

text

#130F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97E36

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

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