#A98023#A98023

#A98023 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.116 H 83.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98023
RGB	rgb(169, 128, 35)
HSL	hsl(42, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(42, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 79.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.08, 7.01, 52.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.08, 53.43, 82.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.4% 0.0138 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(62.4% 0.116 83.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.3863, 23.9965, 4.9372)
Luminance	0.2399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98023 #234CA9

analogous

#A93D23 #A98023 #8FA923

triadic

#A98023 #23A980 #8023A9

tetradic

#A98023 #23A93D #234CA9 #A9238F

square

#A98023 #23A93D #234CA9 #A9238F

split-complementary

#A98023 #238FA9 #3D23A9

monochromatic

#44330E #765A19 #A98023 #D5A434 #DFBB67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#A98023 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#A98023 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98023

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98023	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98023	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918011

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8736E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98023;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 128, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.116 83.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a466',
    500: '#a98023',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98023;
$custom-light: #c7a466;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98023",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.642,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.624,
    "c": 0.11609,
    "h": 83.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98023

secondary

#6381C5

accent

#73E93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98023

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

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