#A85222#A85222

#A85222 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.128 H 46.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85222
RGB	rgb(168, 82, 34)
HSL	hsl(21, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(21, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.2%, 79.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.91, 32.13, 42.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.91, 53.49, 53.08°)
OKLab	oklab(53.71% 0.0879 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(53.71% 0.128 46.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.4564, 14.4773, 3.2829)
Luminance	0.1447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85222 #2278A8

analogous

#A82235 #A85222 #A89522

triadic

#A85222 #22A852 #5222A8

tetradic

#A85222 #35A822 #2278A8 #9522A8

square

#A85222 #35A822 #2278A8 #9522A8

split-complementary

#A85222 #22A895 #2235A8

monochromatic

#42200D #753918 #A85222 #D56C32 #E09165

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#A85222 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#A85222 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85222

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85222	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85222	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)

#6A5E1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7220

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B93F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85222;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 82, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.128 46.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98461',
    500: '#a85222',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85222;
$custom-light: #c98461;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85222",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.493,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53709,
    "c": 0.12802,
    "h": 46.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85222

secondary

#61A1C5

accent

#ACE93F

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAEFEA

border

#D3CAC6

text

#140B05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85222

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

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