#A85221#A85221

#A85221 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.128 H 46.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85221
RGB	rgb(168, 82, 33)
HSL	hsl(22, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(22, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.2%, 80.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.90, 32.10, 43.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.90, 53.84, 53.41°)
OKLab	oklab(53.7% 0.0876 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(53.7% 0.128 46.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.4422, 14.4716, 3.2080)
Luminance	0.1447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85221 #2177A8

analogous

#A82133 #A85221 #A89621

triadic

#A85221 #21A852 #5221A8

tetradic

#A85221 #33A821 #2177A8 #9621A8

square

#A85221 #33A821 #2177A8 #9621A8

split-complementary

#A85221 #21A896 #2133A8

monochromatic

#42200D #753917 #A85221 #D66C30 #E09163

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#A85221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#A85221 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85221

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85221	1.00	5.39	3.89	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5E1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F721F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B93F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 82, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.128 46.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98460',
    500: '#a85221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85221;
$custom-light: #c98460;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.778,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.537,
    "c": 0.12836,
    "h": 46.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85221

secondary

#5FA0C5

accent

#ACEA3E

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAEFEA

border

#D3CAC6

text

#140B05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85221

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

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