#A65E21#A65E21

#A65E21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.118 H 56.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A65E21
RGB	rgb(166, 94, 33)
HSL	hsl(28, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(28, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.4%, 80.1%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.27, 24.71, 45.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.27, 51.68, 61.43°)
OKLab	oklab(55.46% 0.0656 0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(55.46% 0.118 56.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.0049, 16.2244, 3.5167)
Luminance	0.1622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A65E21 #2169A6

analogous

#A62127 #A65E21 #A6A121

triadic

#A65E21 #21A65E #5E21A6

tetradic

#A65E21 #27A621 #2169A6 #A121A6

square

#A65E21 #27A621 #2169A6 #A121A6

split-complementary

#A65E21 #21A6A1 #2127A6

monochromatic

#40240D #734117 #A65E21 #D67B2F #E09B62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#A65E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#A65E21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A65E21

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A65E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A65E21	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736618

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857621

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64E52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a65e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 94, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.118 56.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68c61',
    500: '#a65e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a65e21;
$custom-light: #c68c61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a65e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.519,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55456,
    "c": 0.11847,
    "h": 56.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A65E21

secondary

#5E96C5

accent

#9BEA3E

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAF0EA

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C05

muted

#837D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A65E21

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

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