#A04E23#A04E23

#A04E23 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.122 H 45.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A04E23
RGB	rgb(160, 78, 35)
HSL	hsl(21, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(21, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.2%, 78.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.83, 31.01, 39.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.83, 50.46, 52.09°)
OKLab	oklab(51.88% 0.0853 0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(51.88% 0.122 45.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.5267, 13.0459, 3.1849)
Luminance	0.1304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A04E23 #2375A0

analogous

#A02336 #A04E23 #A08C23

triadic

#A04E23 #23A04E #4E23A0

tetradic

#A04E23 #36A023 #2375A0 #8C23A0

square

#A04E23 #36A023 #2375A0 #8C23A0

split-complementary

#A04E23 #23A08C #2336A0

monochromatic

#3C1D0D #6E3618 #A04E23 #D1672F #DC8B61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#A04E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#A04E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A04E23

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A04E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A04E23	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655A1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B03C45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a04e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 78, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.122 45.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38161',
    500: '#a04e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a04e23;
$custom-light: #c38161;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a04e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.64,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51877,
    "c": 0.12223,
    "h": 45.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A04E23

secondary

#5D9FC1

accent

#AEE741

background

#FCF7F5

surface

#F9EEEA

border

#D2C9C6

text

#140A05

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A04E23

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

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