#A74E23#A74E23

#A74E23 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.130 H 44.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A74E23
RGB	rgb(167, 78, 35)
HSL	hsl(20, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(20, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.3%, 79%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.93, 33.87, 41.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.93, 53.39, 50.62°)
OKLab	oklab(52.93% 0.0934 0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(52.93% 0.13 44)
XYZ	xyz(18.9660, 13.7880, 3.2524)
Luminance	0.1379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A74E23 #237CA7

analogous

#A7233A #A74E23 #A79023

triadic

#A74E23 #23A74E #4E23A7

tetradic

#A74E23 #3AA723 #237CA7 #9023A7

square

#A74E23 #3AA723 #237CA7 #9023A7

split-complementary

#A74E23 #23A790 #233AA7

monochromatic

#421F0E #743618 #A74E23 #D46733 #DF8D66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#A74E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#A74E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A74E23

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A74E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A74E23	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675C1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D6F21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B73B45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a74e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 78, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.130 44.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88161',
    500: '#a74e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a74e23;
$custom-light: #c88161;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a74e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.545,
    "s": 65.347,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52931,
    "c": 0.12985,
    "h": 44
  },
  "luminance": 0.13786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A74E23

secondary

#61A4C4

accent

#B1E83F

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAEFEA

border

#D3CAC6

text

#140A05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A74E23

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

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