#A65E23#A65E23

#A65E23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.118 H 55.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A65E23
RGBrgb(166, 94, 35)
HSLhsl(27, 65%, 39%)
HSVhsv(27, 79%, 65%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 43.4%, 78.9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LABlab(47.28, 24.79, 44.51)
CIE-LCHlch(47.28, 50.95, 60.88°)
OKLaboklab(55.47% 0.0662 0.0973)
OKLCHoklch(55.47% 0.118 55.8)
XYZxyz(20.0337, 16.2360, 3.6686)
Luminance0.1623 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A65E23 #236BA6
analogous
#A6232A #A65E23 #A6A023
triadic
#A65E23 #23A65E #5E23A6
tetradic
#A65E23 #2AA623 #236BA6 #A023A6
square
#A65E23 #2AA623 #236BA6 #A023A6
split-complementary
#A65E23 #23A6A0 #232AA6
monochromatic
#41250E #734118 #A65E23 #D47B32 #DF9C65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94
#A65E23 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25
#A65E23 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A65E23
4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A65E23#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##A65E231.004.944.254.94
#FFFFFF4.941.0021.001.00
#0000004.2521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.941.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#73661B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#847723
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B64E52
Achromatopsia (no color)
#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a65e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 94, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.118 55.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68c62',
    500: '#a65e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a65e23;
$custom-light: #c68c62;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a65e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.023,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55472,
    "c": 0.11762,
    "h": 55.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A65E23
secondary
#6197C4
accent
#9CE840
background
#FDF8F6
surface
#FAF0EB
border
#D3CBC6
text
#140C05
muted
#837D7A

Preview Lab

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#A65E23 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva