#853E23#853E23

#853E23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.105 H 40.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#853E23
RGB	rgb(133, 62, 35)
HSL	hsl(17, 58%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(17, 74%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.4%, 73.7%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.11, 28.41, 30.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.11, 41.57, 46.89°)
OKLab	oklab(45.13% 0.08 0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(45.13% 0.105 40.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.7000, 8.5546, 2.6249)
Luminance	0.0855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#853E23 #236A85

analogous

#852339 #853E23 #856F23

triadic

#853E23 #23853E #3E2385

tetradic

#853E23 #398523 #236A85 #6F2385

square

#853E23 #398523 #236A85 #6F2385

split-complementary

#853E23 #23856F #233985

monochromatic

#241109 #552716 #853E23 #B55530 #D17451

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.75

#853E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#853E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #853E23

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##853E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##853E23	1.00	7.75	2.71	7.75
#FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#635921

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#922F38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #853e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 62, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.105 40.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae755f',
    500: '#853e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #853e23;
$custom-light: #ae755f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#853e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.531,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4513,
    "c": 0.10547,
    "h": 40.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#853E23

secondary

#4F99B5

accent

#B7E246

background

#FBF7F5

surface

#F6EDE9

border

#D0C8C5

text

#110804

muted

#807B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #853E23

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

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