#A97153 colour

#A97153 is a muted orange close to CSS chocolate: RGB 169, 113, 83, HSL 21, 34%, 49%. Black text passes AA (5.17:1). Tints, shades and colour harmonies.

#A97153

Nearest CSS name: chocolate #d2691e (not an exact match)
Described as: a muted orange
Red, green, blue: 169, 113, 83
Web safe: No
Luminance: 0.2087 (WCAG relative luminance, 0 is black, 1 is white)

Colour codes

HEX	`#a97153`
RGB	`rgb(169, 113, 83)`
RGB (percent)	`rgb(66.3% 44.3% 32.5%)`
HSL	`hsl(20.9, 34.1%, 49.4%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(20.9, 50.9%, 66.3%)`
HWB	`hwb(20.9 32.5% 33.7%)`
CMYK (naive)	`cmyk(0%, 33%, 51%, 34%)`
CIELAB (D50)	`lab(53.16% 20.3 26.1)`
OKLCH	`oklch(60.02% 0.0833 48.81)`
Decimal	`11104595`

CMYK here is the plain formula with no colour profile, so treat it as a starting point; a printer's profile gives the real ink values. CIELAB uses a D50 white point, as CSS lab() does. HSV is not a CSS function, so it is shown for design apps only.

Contrast with white and black text

White text, 4.06:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Black text, 5.17:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Text	Ratio	AA normal (4.5)	AA large (3)	AAA normal (7)	AAA large (4.5)
White	4.06:1	Fail	Pass	Fail	Fail
Black	5.17:1	Pass	Pass	Fail	Pass

Black text is the better choice on #A97153 (5.17:1). Ratios use the WCAG 2.2 formula; large text means at least 24px, or 18.66px bold. Check another pair.

Tints and shades

Mixed with white, then with black, in ten even steps (straight sRGB mixing, as most design tools do).

9%#b17e63 18%#b98b72 27%#c09882 36%#c8a592 45%#d0b2a1 55%#d8beb1 64%#e0cbc0 73%#e8d8d0 82%#efe5e0 91%#f7f2ef

9%#9a674b 18%#8a5c44 27%#7b523c 36%#6c4835 45%#5c3e2d 55%#4d3326 64%#3d291e 73%#2e1f17 82%#1f150f 91%#0f0a08

Colour harmonies

Hue turned around the HSL colour wheel, saturation and lightness kept.

Complementary

The hue opposite on the colour wheel (180°).

#a97153 #538ba9

Analogous

Neighbours 30° either side.

#a95360 #a97153 #a99c53

Triadic

Three hues 120° apart.

#a97153 #53a971 #7153a9

Split complementary

The two hues either side of the complement (150° and 210°).

#a97153 #53a99c #5360a9

Tetradic (square)

Four hues 90° apart.

#a97153 #60a953 #538ba9 #9c53a9

How it looks with colour blindness

Normal vision#a97153 Protanopia#807751 Deuteranopia#8d8353 Tritanopia#b66769 Achromatopsia#7e7e7e

Simulated with the Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes (2009) matrices at full severity, applied in linear RGB; achromatopsia shows the colour's luminance as grey. Milder forms (protanomaly, deuteranomaly) are far more common and shift colours less. Never use colour as the only way to carry meaning.

CSS

Text colour	`color: #a97153;`
Background	`background-color: #a97153;`
Border	`border: 1px solid #a97153;`
Half transparent	`background-color: rgb(169 113 83 / 50%);`
Custom property	`--colour-main: #a97153;`
Gradient to a darker shade	`background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a97153, #654432);`
Gradient from a lighter tint	`background: linear-gradient(180deg, #cbaa98, #a97153);`
Text on this colour	`background-color: #a97153; color: #000;`

Similar named colours

Distance is measured in OKLab, scaled by 100; under about 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Convert #A97153 to other formats · Build a palette from it · Check contrast · All named colours

Colour names from CSS Color Module Level 4. Palette values from the Tailwind CSS v3 default palette (MIT licence) and the Material Design 2014 colour palette as published in Material Design Lite (Apache License 2.0). All other values are calculated from the hex code.