#A87823#A87823

#A87823 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.114 H 77.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A87823
RGB	rgb(168, 120, 35)
HSL	hsl(38, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(38, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 79.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.90, 11.05, 50.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.90, 52.08, 77.75°)
OKLab	oklab(60.66% 0.0256 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(60.66% 0.114 77)
XYZ	xyz(23.1699, 21.8810, 4.5929)
Luminance	0.2188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A87823 #2353A8

analogous

#A83623 #A87823 #95A823

triadic

#A87823 #23A878 #7823A8

tetradic

#A87823 #23A836 #2353A8 #A82395

square

#A87823 #23A836 #2353A8 #A82395

split-complementary

#A87823 #2395A8 #3623A8

monochromatic

#43300E #755418 #A87823 #D59B34 #DFB466

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#A87823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#A87823 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A87823

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A87823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A87823	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7A14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958626

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B76B67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a87823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 120, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.114 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c79e65',
    500: '#a87823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a87823;
$custom-light: #c79e65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a87823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.346,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60664,
    "c": 0.11378,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.21879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A87823

secondary

#6286C5

accent

#7CE83F

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A87823

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

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