#A65C21#A65C21

#A65C21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.120 H 54.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A65C21
RGB	rgb(166, 92, 33)
HSL	hsl(27, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(27, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.6%, 80.1%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.81, 25.82, 44.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.81, 51.84, 60.12°)
OKLab	oklab(55.1% 0.0689 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(55.1% 0.12 54.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.8293, 15.8733, 3.4582)
Luminance	0.1587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A65C21 #216BA6

analogous

#A62128 #A65C21 #A69F21

triadic

#A65C21 #21A65C #5C21A6

tetradic

#A65C21 #28A621 #216BA6 #9F21A6

square

#A65C21 #28A621 #216BA6 #9F21A6

split-complementary

#A65C21 #21A69F #2128A6

monochromatic

#40230D #734017 #A65C21 #D6792F #E09A62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#A65C21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#A65C21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A65C21

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A65C21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A65C21	1.00	5.03	4.17	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726518

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837521

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64C50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a65c21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 92, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.120 54.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78b61',
    500: '#a65c21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a65c21;
$custom-light: #c78b61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a65c21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.617,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55102,
    "c": 0.11955,
    "h": 54.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A65C21

secondary

#5E97C5

accent

#9EEA3E

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAF0EA

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C05

muted

#837D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A65C21

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

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