Exploring the Color #685223

#685223 sits at 41° on the color wheel, placing it in the orange family of the warm half of the spectrum. With 50% saturation and 27% lightness, it reads as a moderately saturated, shadowed tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 104, 82, 35 produces a 7.45:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #685223 is a clear variant of CSS sienna — about 57 units away from #A0522D. Designers reach for orange hues at this saturation when the brief calls for a conversational, mid-energy register, and at this lightness when they want weight, depth, and grounded contrast. On screen the warm cast tends to pair best with cool neutrals around 210°-230° to balance temperature.

Darkening Shades

Lightening Shades