#A97E37#A97E37

#A97E37 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.103 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97E37
RGB	rgb(169, 126, 55)
HSL	hsl(37, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(37, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 67.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.72, 9.13, 43.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.72, 44.92, 78.27°)
OKLab	oklab(62.16% 0.0226 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(62.16% 0.103 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.5141, 23.6344, 6.8844)
Luminance	0.2363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97E37 #3762A9

analogous

#A94537 #A97E37 #9BA937

triadic

#A97E37 #37A97E #7E37A9

tetradic

#A97E37 #37A945 #3762A9 #A9379B

square

#A97E37 #37A945 #3762A9 #A9379B

split-complementary

#A97E37 #379BA9 #4537A9

monochromatic

#4D3919 #7B5C28 #A97E37 #C89D55 #D7B784

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#A97E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#A97E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97E37

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97E37	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7F2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7726F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 126, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.103 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a371',
    500: '#a97e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97e37;
$custom-light: #c6a371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.368,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62164,
    "c": 0.10263,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97E37

secondary

#7B95C0

accent

#83DA4D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F3EC

border

#D2CDC7

text

#130F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97E37

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

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