#A97523#A97523

#A97523 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.114 H 73.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97523
RGB	rgb(169, 117, 35)
HSL	hsl(37, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(37, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 79.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.26, 13.19, 50.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.26, 52.04, 75.32°)
OKLab	oklab(60.19% 0.0318 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(60.19% 0.114 73.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.0286, 21.2809, 4.4846)
Luminance	0.2128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97523 #2357A9

analogous

#A93223 #A97523 #9AA923

triadic

#A97523 #23A975 #7523A9

tetradic

#A97523 #23A932 #2357A9 #A9239A

square

#A97523 #23A932 #2357A9 #A9239A

split-complementary

#A97523 #239AA9 #3223A9

monochromatic

#442F0E #765219 #A97523 #D59734 #DFB167

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#A97523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#A97523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97523

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97523	1.00	4.00	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877815

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948426

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86765

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 117, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.114 73.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c89c64',
    500: '#a97523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97523;
$custom-light: #c89c64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.716,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60187,
    "c": 0.11412,
    "h": 73.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97523

secondary

#6389C5

accent

#81E93F

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97523

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

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