#A27535#A27535

#A27535 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.098 H 73.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A27535
RGB	rgb(162, 117, 53)
HSL	hsl(35, 51%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(35, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 67.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.58, 10.96, 41.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.58, 42.72, 75.13°)
OKLab	oklab(59.52% 0.0282 0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(59.52% 0.098 73.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.9056, 20.6627, 6.2020)
Luminance	0.2066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A27535 #3562A2

analogous

#A23E35 #A27535 #99A235

triadic

#A27535 #35A275 #7535A2

tetradic

#A27535 #35A23E #3562A2 #A23599

square

#A27535 #35A23E #3562A2 #A23599

split-complementary

#A27535 #3599A2 #3E35A2

monochromatic

#463217 #745426 #A27535 #C5944F #D4B07D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#A27535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#A27535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A27535

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A27535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A27535	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85772E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B06967

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a27535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 117, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.098 73.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c19c6f',
    500: '#a27535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a27535;
$custom-light: #c19c6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a27535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.229,
    "s": 50.698,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59523,
    "c": 0.0984,
    "h": 73.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A27535

secondary

#7593BD

accent

#88DA4E

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EC

border

#D1CCC7

text

#130E07

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A27535

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

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