#A57E22#A57E22
#A57E22 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.114 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A57E22 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(165, 126, 34) |
| HSL | hsl(42, 66%, 39%) |
| HSV | hsv(42, 79%, 65%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 79.4%, 35.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(55.11, 6.27, 52.28) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(55.11, 52.65, 83.16°) |
| OKLab | oklab(61.54% 0.0118 0.1138) |
| OKLCH | oklch(61.54% 0.114 84.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(23.2682, 23.0382, 4.7344) |
| Luminance | 0.2304 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Mustard Brown
#AC7E04
ΔE00 2.70
Bronze (survey)
#A87900
ΔE00 2.96
Yellowish Brown
#9B7A01
ΔE00 3.70
Golden Brown
#B27A01
ΔE00 4.79
Diarrhea
#9F8303
ΔE00 5.01
Darkgoldenrod
#B8860B
ΔE00 5.02
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A57E22 #2249A5
analogous
#A53C22 #A57E22 #8BA522
triadic
#A57E22 #22A57E #7E22A5
tetradic
#A57E22 #22A53C #2249A5 #A5228B
square
#A57E22 #22A53C #2249A5 #A5228B
split-complementary
#A57E22 #228BA5 #3C22A5
monochromatic
#40310D #725718 #A57E22 #D4A330 #DFBA63
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.75
#A57E22 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.61
#A57E22 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #A57E22
5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A57E22 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A57E22 | 1.00 | 3.75 | 5.61 | 5.61 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.75 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 5.61 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 5.61 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#8F7E10
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#988827
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B3726C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#848484
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a57e22; /* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 126, 34); /* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.114 84.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c4a365',
500: '#a57e22',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a57e22; $custom-light: #c4a365; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a57e22",
"rgb": {
"r": 165,
"g": 126,
"b": 34
},
"hsl": {
"h": 42.137,
"s": 65.829,
"l": 39.02
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.61535,
"c": 0.11438,
"h": 84.1
},
"luminance": 0.23037
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A57E22
secondary
#5F7DC4
accent
#72E93F
background
#FCF9F6
surface
#F9F2EB
border
#D2CCC6
text
#130F06
muted
#827E7A