#A45E23#A45E23

#A45E23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.116 H 56.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A45E23
RGB	rgb(164, 94, 35)
HSL	hsl(27, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(27, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.7%, 78.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.00, 23.92, 44.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.00, 50.21, 61.54°)
OKLab	oklab(55.2% 0.0637 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(55.2% 0.116 56.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.6176, 16.0214, 3.6491)
Luminance	0.1602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A45E23 #2369A4

analogous

#A42329 #A45E23 #A49F23

triadic

#A45E23 #23A45E #5E23A4

tetradic

#A45E23 #29A423 #2369A4 #9F23A4

square

#A45E23 #29A423 #2369A4 #9F23A4

split-complementary

#A45E23 #23A49F #2329A4

monochromatic

#3F240D #724118 #A45E23 #D37B31 #DE9B64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#A45E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#A45E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A45E23

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A45E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A45E23	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73661B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847623

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B44F52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a45e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 94, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.116 56.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58c62',
    500: '#a45e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a45e23;
$custom-light: #c58c62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a45e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.442,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55198,
    "c": 0.11571,
    "h": 56.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A45E23

secondary

#6096C3

accent

#9BE840

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EB

border

#D2CBC6

text

#140C05

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A45E23

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

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