#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
RGB	rgb(166, 94, 35)
HSL	hsl(27, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(27, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.4%, 78.9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.28, 24.79, 44.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.28, 50.95, 60.88°)
OKLab	oklab(55.47% 0.0662 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(55.47% 0.118 55.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.0337, 16.2360, 3.6686)
Luminance	0.1623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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
##A65E23	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #A65E23

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

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