#A97B23#A97B23

#A97B23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.115 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97B23
RGB	rgb(169, 123, 35)
HSL	hsl(39, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(39, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 79.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.79, 9.81, 51.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.79, 52.69, 79.27°)
OKLab	oklab(61.38% 0.0219 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(61.38% 0.115 79)
XYZ	xyz(23.7502, 22.7242, 4.7251)
Luminance	0.2272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97B23 #2351A9

analogous

#A93823 #A97B23 #94A923

triadic

#A97B23 #23A97B #7B23A9

tetradic

#A97B23 #23A938 #2351A9 #A92394

square

#A97B23 #23A938 #2351A9 #A92394

split-complementary

#A97B23 #2394A9 #3823A9

monochromatic

#44310E #765619 #A97B23 #D59E34 #DFB667

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#A97B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#A97B23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97B23

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97B23	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7C13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988827

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86E6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 123, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.115 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a165',
    500: '#a97b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97b23;
$custom-light: #c7a165;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.403,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61384,
    "c": 0.1148,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.22722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97B23

secondary

#6384C5

accent

#79E93F

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97B23

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

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