#A57E23#A57E23

#A57E23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.114 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A57E23
RGB	rgb(165, 126, 35)
HSL	hsl(42, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(42, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 78.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.12, 6.31, 51.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.12, 52.29, 83.07°)
OKLab	oklab(61.54% 0.0121 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(61.54% 0.114 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.2828, 23.0441, 4.8115)
Luminance	0.2304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A57E23 #234AA5

analogous

#A53D23 #A57E23 #8BA523

triadic

#A57E23 #23A57E #7E23A5

tetradic

#A57E23 #23A53D #234AA5 #A5238B

square

#A57E23 #23A53D #234AA5 #A5238B

split-complementary

#A57E23 #238BA5 #3D23A5

monochromatic

#40310E #735718 #A57E23 #D3A332 #DEBA64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#A57E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#A57E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A57E23

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A57E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A57E23	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	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)

#8F7E12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988828

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3726C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a57e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 126, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.114 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4a365',
    500: '#a57e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a57e23;
$custom-light: #c4a365;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a57e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61542,
    "c": 0.11385,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A57E23

secondary

#607EC4

accent

#72E840

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A57E23

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

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