#A78023#A78023

#A78023 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.115 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78023
RGB	rgb(167, 128, 35)
HSL	hsl(42, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(42, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 79%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.86, 6.10, 52.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.86, 53.03, 83.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.18% 0.0113 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(62.18% 0.115 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.9605, 23.7769, 4.9172)
Luminance	0.2377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78023 #234AA7

analogous

#A73E23 #A78023 #8CA723

triadic

#A78023 #23A780 #8023A7

tetradic

#A78023 #23A73E #234AA7 #A7238C

square

#A78023 #23A73E #234AA7 #A7238C

split-complementary

#A78023 #238CA7 #3E23A7

monochromatic

#42320E #745918 #A78023 #D4A533 #DFBB66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#A78023 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#A78023 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78023

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78023	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78023	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918011

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6746E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78023;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 128, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.115 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a466',
    500: '#a78023',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78023;
$custom-light: #c6a466;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78023",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.273,
    "s": 65.347,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62177,
    "c": 0.11532,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78023

secondary

#617FC4

accent

#71E83F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78023

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

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