#A97E23#A97E23

#A97E23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.115 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97E23
RGB	rgb(169, 126, 35)
HSL	hsl(41, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(41, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 79.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.56, 8.13, 52.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.56, 53.11, 81.20°)
OKLab	oklab(61.99% 0.0171 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(61.99% 0.115 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.1280, 23.4799, 4.8511)
Luminance	0.2348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97E23 #234EA9

analogous

#A93B23 #A97E23 #91A923

triadic

#A97E23 #23A97E #7E23A9

tetradic

#A97E23 #23A93B #234EA9 #A92391

square

#A97E23 #23A93B #234EA9 #A92391

split-complementary

#A97E23 #2391A9 #3B23A9

monochromatic

#44320E #765819 #A97E23 #D5A134 #DFB967

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#A97E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#A97E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97E23

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97E23	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7F12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8716C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 126, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.115 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a365',
    500: '#a97e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97e23;
$custom-light: #c7a365;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.746,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61992,
    "c": 0.11549,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97E23

secondary

#6382C5

accent

#76E93F

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97E23

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

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