#A27C23#A27C23

#A27C23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.112 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A27C23
RGB	rgb(162, 124, 35)
HSL	hsl(42, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(42, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 78.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.26, 6.06, 50.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.26, 51.35, 83.22°)
OKLab	oklab(60.79% 0.0115 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(60.79% 0.112 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.4128, 22.2197, 4.6981)
Luminance	0.2222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A27C23 #2349A2

analogous

#A23C23 #A27C23 #88A223

triadic

#A27C23 #23A27C #7C23A2

tetradic

#A27C23 #23A23C #2349A2 #A22388

square

#A27C23 #23A23C #2349A2 #A22388

split-complementary

#A27C23 #2388A2 #3C23A2

monochromatic

#3D2F0D #705518 #A27C23 #D2A230 #DDB862

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#A27C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#A27C23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A27C23

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A27C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A27C23	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7C13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958627

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0706B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a27c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 124, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.112 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2a165',
    500: '#a27c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a27c23;
$custom-light: #c2a165;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a27c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.047,
    "s": 64.467,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60793,
    "c": 0.11198,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A27C23

secondary

#5E7CC2

accent

#72E740

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A27C23

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

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