#A97823#A97823

#A97823 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.114 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97823
RGB	rgb(169, 120, 35)
HSL	hsl(38, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(38, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29%, 79.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.02, 11.50, 51.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.02, 52.33, 77.30°)
OKLab	oklab(60.78% 0.0268 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(60.78% 0.114 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.3837, 21.9913, 4.6030)
Luminance	0.2199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97823 #2354A9

analogous

#A93523 #A97823 #97A923

triadic

#A97823 #23A978 #7823A9

tetradic

#A97823 #23A935 #2354A9 #A92397

square

#A97823 #23A935 #2354A9 #A92397

split-complementary

#A97823 #2397A9 #3523A9

monochromatic

#44300E #765419 #A97823 #D59A34 #DFB367

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#A97823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#A97823 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97823

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97823	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7A14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968626

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86B67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 120, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.114 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c79e65',
    500: '#a97823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97823;
$custom-light: #c79e65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.06,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60782,
    "c": 0.11433,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97823

secondary

#6387C5

accent

#7DE93F

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97823

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

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