#A97F23#A97F23

#A97F23 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.116 H 82.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97F23
RGB	rgb(169, 127, 35)
HSL	hsl(41, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(41, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 79.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.82, 7.57, 52.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.82, 53.26, 81.83°)
OKLab	oklab(62.2% 0.0155 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(62.2% 0.116 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.2566, 23.7369, 4.8939)
Luminance	0.2374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97F23 #234DA9

analogous

#A93C23 #A97F23 #90A923

triadic

#A97F23 #23A97F #7F23A9

tetradic

#A97F23 #23A93C #234DA9 #A92390

square

#A97F23 #23A93C #234DA9 #A92390

split-complementary

#A97F23 #2390A9 #3C23A9

monochromatic

#44330E #765919 #A97F23 #D5A334 #DFBA67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#A97F23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#A97F23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97F23

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97F23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97F23	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907F12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8726D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97f23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 127, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.116 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a366',
    500: '#a97f23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97f23;
$custom-light: #c7a366;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97f23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.194,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62196,
    "c": 0.11578,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97F23

secondary

#6382C5

accent

#74E93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F3EB

border

#D2CDC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97F23

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

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