#A44A23#A44A23

#A44A23 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.130 H 42.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A44A23
RGB	rgb(164, 74, 35)
HSL	hsl(18, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(18, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.9%, 78.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.63, 34.74, 39.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.63, 52.84, 48.89°)
OKLab	oklab(51.85% 0.0963 0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(51.85% 0.13 42.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.0638, 12.9138, 3.1312)
Luminance	0.1291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A44A23 #237DA4

analogous

#A4233C #A44A23 #A48B23

triadic

#A44A23 #23A44A #4A23A4

tetradic

#A44A23 #3CA423 #237DA4 #8B23A4

square

#A44A23 #3CA423 #237DA4 #8B23A4

split-complementary

#A44A23 #23A48B #233CA4

monochromatic

#3F1C0D #723318 #A44A23 #D36231 #DE8964

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#A44A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#A44A23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A44A23

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A44A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A44A23	1.00	5.86	3.58	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63581E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B43642

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a44a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 74, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.130 42.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67f60',
    500: '#a44a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a44a23;
$custom-light: #c67f60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a44a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.14,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51851,
    "c": 0.12998,
    "h": 42.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A44A23

secondary

#60A5C3

accent

#B5E840

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEEEA

border

#D3C9C6

text

#140A05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A44A23

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

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