#A65E22#A65E22

#A65E22 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.118 H 56.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A65E22
RGB	rgb(166, 94, 34)
HSL	hsl(27, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(27, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.4%, 79.5%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.27, 24.75, 44.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.27, 51.32, 61.16°)
OKLab	oklab(55.46% 0.0659 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(55.46% 0.118 56.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.0191, 16.2301, 3.5915)
Luminance	0.1623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A65E22 #226AA6

analogous

#A62228 #A65E22 #A6A022

triadic

#A65E22 #22A65E #5E22A6

tetradic

#A65E22 #28A622 #226AA6 #A022A6

square

#A65E22 #28A622 #226AA6 #A022A6

split-complementary

#A65E22 #22A6A0 #2228A6

monochromatic

#40240D #734118 #A65E22 #D57B30 #DF9C63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#A65E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#A65E22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A65E22

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A65E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A65E22	1.00	4.95	4.25	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736619

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857722

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64E52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a65e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 94, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.118 56.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68c62',
    500: '#a65e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a65e22;
$custom-light: #c68c62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a65e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.273,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55464,
    "c": 0.11804,
    "h": 56.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A65E22

secondary

#5F96C4

accent

#9CE93F

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAF0EA

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C05

muted

#837D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A65E22

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

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