#A97C23#A97C23

#A97C23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.115 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97C23
RGB	rgb(169, 124, 35)
HSL	hsl(40, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(40, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 79.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.05, 9.25, 52.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.05, 52.82, 79.91°)
OKLab	oklab(61.59% 0.0203 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(61.59% 0.115 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.8749, 22.9736, 4.7667)
Luminance	0.2297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97C23 #2350A9

analogous

#A93923 #A97C23 #93A923

triadic

#A97C23 #23A97C #7C23A9

tetradic

#A97C23 #23A939 #2350A9 #A92393

square

#A97C23 #23A939 #2350A9 #A92393

split-complementary

#A97C23 #2393A9 #3923A9

monochromatic

#44320E #765719 #A97C23 #D59F34 #DFB767

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#A97C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#A97C23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97C23

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97C23	1.00	3.75	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7D13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988827

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B86F6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 124, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.115 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a165',
    500: '#a97c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97c23;
$custom-light: #c7a165;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.851,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61586,
    "c": 0.115,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97C23

secondary

#6384C5

accent

#78E93F

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97C23

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

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