#A97F21#A97F21

#A97F21 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.117 H 82.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97F21
RGB	rgb(169, 127, 33)
HSL	hsl(41, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(41, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 80.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.81, 7.49, 53.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.81, 53.97, 82.02°)
OKLab	oklab(62.18% 0.015 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(62.18% 0.117 82.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.2277, 23.7254, 4.7420)
Luminance	0.2372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97F21 #214BA9

analogous

#A93B21 #A97F21 #8FA921

triadic

#A97F21 #21A97F #7F21A9

tetradic

#A97F21 #21A93B #214BA9 #A9218F

square

#A97F21 #21A93B #214BA9 #A9218F

split-complementary

#A97F21 #218FA9 #3B21A9

monochromatic

#43320D #765917 #A97F21 #D7A331 #E1BA64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#A97F21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#A97F21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97F21

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97F21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97F21	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907F0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8726D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97f21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 127, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.117 82.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a365',
    500: '#a97f21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97f21;
$custom-light: #c7a365;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97f21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.471,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62183,
    "c": 0.11681,
    "h": 82.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97F21

secondary

#607FC6

accent

#73EA3E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F3EB

border

#D2CDC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97F21

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

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