#A85223#A85223

#A85223 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.128 H 46.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85223
RGB	rgb(168, 82, 35)
HSL	hsl(21, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(21, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.2%, 79.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.92, 32.17, 42.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.92, 53.14, 52.74°)
OKLab	oklab(53.72% 0.0882 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(53.72% 0.128 46.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.4710, 14.4832, 3.3600)
Luminance	0.1448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85223 #2379A8

analogous

#A82337 #A85223 #A89523

triadic

#A85223 #23A852 #5223A8

tetradic

#A85223 #37A823 #2379A8 #9523A8

square

#A85223 #37A823 #2379A8 #9523A8

split-complementary

#A85223 #23A895 #2337A8

monochromatic

#43210E #753918 #A85223 #D56C34 #DF9166

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#A85223 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#A85223 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85223

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85223	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85223	1.00	5.39	3.90	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5E1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7221

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B83F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85223;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 82, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.128 46.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98461',
    500: '#a85223',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85223;
$custom-light: #c98461;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85223",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.203,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53718,
    "c": 0.12768,
    "h": 46.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85223

secondary

#62A2C5

accent

#ADE83F

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAEFEA

border

#D3CAC6

text

#140B05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85223

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

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