#A88023#A88023

#A88023 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.116 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88023
RGB	rgb(168, 128, 35)
HSL	hsl(42, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(42, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.8%, 79.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.97, 6.55, 52.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.97, 53.23, 82.93°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% 0.0126 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.116 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.1726, 23.8863, 4.9272)
Luminance	0.2389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88023 #234BA8

analogous

#A83E23 #A88023 #8DA823

triadic

#A88023 #23A880 #8023A8

tetradic

#A88023 #23A83E #234BA8 #A8238D

square

#A88023 #23A83E #234BA8 #A8238D

split-complementary

#A88023 #238DA8 #3E23A8

monochromatic

#43330E #755918 #A88023 #D5A434 #DFBB66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#A88023 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#A88023 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A88023

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88023	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88023	1.00	3.64	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918011

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8A28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7736E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88023;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 128, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.116 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a466',
    500: '#a88023',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88023;
$custom-light: #c6a466;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88023",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.955,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62289,
    "c": 0.1157,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88023

secondary

#6280C5

accent

#72E83F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88023

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

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