#A97E38#A97E38

#A97E38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.102 H 77.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97E38
RGB	rgb(169, 126, 56)
HSL	hsl(37, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(37, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 66.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.73, 9.20, 43.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.73, 44.47, 78.07°)
OKLab	oklab(62.18% 0.0229 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(62.18% 0.102 77)
XYZ	xyz(24.5383, 23.6440, 7.0120)
Luminance	0.2364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97E38 #3863A9

analogous

#A94638 #A97E38 #9CA938

triadic

#A97E38 #38A97E #7E38A9

tetradic

#A97E38 #38A946 #3863A9 #A9389C

square

#A97E38 #38A946 #3863A9 #A9389C

split-complementary

#A97E38 #389CA9 #4638A9

monochromatic

#4D391A #7B5C29 #A97E38 #C79D57 #D7B785

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#A97E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#A97E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97E38

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97E38	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)

#8E7F30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7726F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 126, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.102 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a372',
    500: '#a97e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97e38;
$custom-light: #c6a372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.168,
    "s": 50.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62175,
    "c": 0.10188,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.23642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97E38

secondary

#7C96C0

accent

#83DA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F3ED

border

#D2CDC8

text

#130F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97E38

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

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