#A97D23#A97D23

#A97D23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.115 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97D23
RGB	rgb(169, 125, 35)
HSL	hsl(40, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(40, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26%, 79.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.30, 8.69, 52.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.30, 52.96, 80.56°)
OKLab	oklab(61.79% 0.0187 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(61.79% 0.115 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.0008, 23.2255, 4.8087)
Luminance	0.2322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97D23 #234FA9

analogous

#A93A23 #A97D23 #92A923

triadic

#A97D23 #23A97D #7D23A9

tetradic

#A97D23 #23A93A #234FA9 #A92392

square

#A97D23 #23A93A #234FA9 #A92392

split-complementary

#A97D23 #2392A9 #3A23A9

monochromatic

#44320E #765819 #A97D23 #D5A034 #DFB867

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#A97D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#A97D23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97D23

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97D23	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7E12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998927

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8706C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 125, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.115 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a265',
    500: '#a97d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97d23;
$custom-light: #c7a265;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.299,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61788,
    "c": 0.11524,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97D23

secondary

#6383C5

accent

#77E93F

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97D23

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

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