#A97A23#A97A23

#A97A23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.115 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97A23
RGB	rgb(169, 122, 35)
HSL	hsl(39, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(39, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 79.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.53, 10.37, 51.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.53, 52.56, 78.62°)
OKLab	oklab(61.18% 0.0236 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(61.18% 0.115 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.6268, 22.4774, 4.6840)
Luminance	0.2248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97A23 #2352A9

analogous

#A93723 #A97A23 #95A923

triadic

#A97A23 #23A97A #7A23A9

tetradic

#A97A23 #23A937 #2352A9 #A92395

square

#A97A23 #23A937 #2352A9 #A92395

split-complementary

#A97A23 #2395A9 #3723A9

monochromatic

#44310E #765519 #A97A23 #D59D34 #DFB567

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#A97A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#A97A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97A23

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97A23	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7C14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978727

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86D69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 122, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.115 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a065',
    500: '#a97a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97a23;
$custom-light: #c7a065;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.955,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61182,
    "c": 0.11461,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97A23

secondary

#6385C5

accent

#7BE93F

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97A23

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

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