#A87E23#A87E23

#A87E23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.115 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A87E23
RGB	rgb(168, 126, 35)
HSL	hsl(41, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(41, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 79.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.45, 7.67, 52.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.45, 52.90, 81.66°)
OKLab	oklab(61.88% 0.0158 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(61.88% 0.115 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.9143, 23.3697, 4.8411)
Luminance	0.2337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A87E23 #234DA8

analogous

#A83C23 #A87E23 #8FA823

triadic

#A87E23 #23A87E #7E23A8

tetradic

#A87E23 #23A83C #234DA8 #A8238F

square

#A87E23 #23A83C #234DA8 #A8238F

split-complementary

#A87E23 #238FA8 #3C23A8

monochromatic

#43320E #755818 #A87E23 #D5A234 #DFB966

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#A87E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#A87E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A87E23

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A87E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A87E23	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7F12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998927

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7716C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a87e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 126, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.115 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a365',
    500: '#a87e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a87e23;
$custom-light: #c6a365;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a87e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.053,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61878,
    "c": 0.11506,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A87E23

secondary

#6281C5

accent

#75E83F

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A87E23

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →