#A45D23#A45D23

#A45D23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.116 H 55.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A45D23
RGB	rgb(164, 93, 35)
HSL	hsl(27, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(27, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.3%, 78.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.77, 24.48, 43.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.77, 50.28, 60.86°)
OKLab	oklab(55.02% 0.0654 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(55.02% 0.116 55.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.5293, 15.8447, 3.6197)
Luminance	0.1584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A45D23 #236AA4

analogous

#A42329 #A45D23 #A49E23

triadic

#A45D23 #23A45D #5D23A4

tetradic

#A45D23 #29A423 #236AA4 #9E23A4

square

#A45D23 #29A423 #236AA4 #9E23A4

split-complementary

#A45D23 #23A49E #2329A4

monochromatic

#3F240D #724018 #A45D23 #D37A31 #DE9B64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#A45D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#A45D23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A45D23

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A45D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A45D23	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72651B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837523

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B44E51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a45d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 93, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.116 55.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58b62',
    500: '#a45d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a45d23;
$custom-light: #c58b62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a45d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.977,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55019,
    "c": 0.11624,
    "h": 55.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A45D23

secondary

#6096C3

accent

#9CE840

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F9F0EA

border

#D2CBC6

text

#140C05

muted

#827D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A45D23

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

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