#A87F23#A87F23

#A87F23 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.115 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A87F23
RGB	rgb(168, 127, 35)
HSL	hsl(42, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(42, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 79.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.71, 7.11, 52.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.71, 53.06, 82.30°)
OKLab	oklab(62.08% 0.0142 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(62.08% 0.115 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.0428, 23.6267, 4.8839)
Luminance	0.2362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A87F23 #234CA8

analogous

#A83D23 #A87F23 #8EA823

triadic

#A87F23 #23A87F #7F23A8

tetradic

#A87F23 #23A83D #234CA8 #A8238E

square

#A87F23 #23A83D #234CA8 #A8238E

split-complementary

#A87F23 #238EA8 #3D23A8

monochromatic

#43320E #755918 #A87F23 #D5A334 #DFBA66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#A87F23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#A87F23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A87F23

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A87F23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A87F23	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907F12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7726D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a87f23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 127, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.115 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a366',
    500: '#a87f23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a87f23;
$custom-light: #c6a366;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a87f23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.504,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62083,
    "c": 0.11537,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A87F23

secondary

#6280C5

accent

#73E83F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F3EB

border

#D2CDC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A87F23

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

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