#A87B23#A87B23

#A87B23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.114 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A87B23
RGB	rgb(168, 123, 35)
HSL	hsl(40, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(40, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 79.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.67, 9.36, 51.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.67, 52.46, 79.72°)
OKLab	oklab(61.27% 0.0207 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(61.27% 0.114 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.5364, 22.6140, 4.7151)
Luminance	0.2261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A87B23 #2350A8

analogous

#A83823 #A87B23 #93A823

triadic

#A87B23 #23A87B #7B23A8

tetradic

#A87B23 #23A838 #2350A8 #A82393

square

#A87B23 #23A838 #2350A8 #A82393

split-complementary

#A87B23 #2393A8 #3823A8

monochromatic

#43310E #755618 #A87B23 #D59E34 #DFB666

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#A87B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#A87B23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A87B23

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A87B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A87B23	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7C13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978727

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B76E6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a87b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 123, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.114 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a065',
    500: '#a87b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a87b23;
$custom-light: #c7a065;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a87b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.699,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61268,
    "c": 0.11431,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A87B23

secondary

#6283C5

accent

#79E83F

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A87B23

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

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