#A87C23#A87C23

#A87C23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.115 H 80.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A87C23
RGB	rgb(168, 124, 35)
HSL	hsl(40, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(40, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 79.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.93, 8.80, 51.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.93, 52.60, 80.37°)
OKLab	oklab(61.47% 0.0191 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(61.47% 0.115 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.6611, 22.8633, 4.7567)
Luminance	0.2286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A87C23 #234FA8

analogous

#A83923 #A87C23 #92A823

triadic

#A87C23 #23A87C #7C23A8

tetradic

#A87C23 #23A839 #234FA8 #A82392

square

#A87C23 #23A839 #234FA8 #A82392

split-complementary

#A87C23 #2392A8 #3923A8

monochromatic

#43310E #755718 #A87C23 #D59F34 #DFB766

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#A87C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#A87C23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A87C23

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A87C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A87C23	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7D13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988827

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B76F6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a87c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 124, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.115 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a165',
    500: '#a87c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a87c23;
$custom-light: #c7a165;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a87c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.15,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61471,
    "c": 0.11453,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A87C23

secondary

#6283C5

accent

#77E83F

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A87C23

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

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