#A65C23#A65C23

#A65C23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.119 H 54.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A65C23
RGB	rgb(166, 92, 35)
HSL	hsl(26, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(26, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.6%, 78.9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.82, 25.90, 44.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.82, 51.11, 59.55°)
OKLab	oklab(55.12% 0.0695 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(55.12% 0.119 54.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.8582, 15.8849, 3.6101)
Luminance	0.1588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A65C23 #236DA6

analogous

#A6232C #A65C23 #A69E23

triadic

#A65C23 #23A65C #5C23A6

tetradic

#A65C23 #2CA623 #236DA6 #9E23A6

square

#A65C23 #2CA623 #236DA6 #9E23A6

split-complementary

#A65C23 #23A69E #232CA6

monochromatic

#41240E #734018 #A65C23 #D47932 #DF9A65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#A65C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#A65C23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A65C23

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A65C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A65C23	1.00	5.03	4.18	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72651B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837622

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64C50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a65c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 92, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.119 54.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68b62',
    500: '#a65c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a65c23;
$custom-light: #c68b62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a65c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.107,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55118,
    "c": 0.11873,
    "h": 54.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A65C23

secondary

#6199C4

accent

#9FE840

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAF0EA

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C05

muted

#837D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A65C23

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

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