#A85227#A85227

#A85227 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.126 H 45.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85227
RGB	rgb(168, 82, 39)
HSL	hsl(20, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(20, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.2%, 76.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.95, 32.34, 40.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.95, 51.72, 51.30°)
OKLab	oklab(53.76% 0.0893 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(53.76% 0.126 45)
XYZ	xyz(19.5338, 14.5083, 3.6908)
Luminance	0.1451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85227 #277DA8

analogous

#A8273C #A85227 #A89227

triadic

#A85227 #27A852 #5227A8

tetradic

#A85227 #3CA827 #277DA8 #9227A8

square

#A85227 #3CA827 #277DA8 #9227A8

split-complementary

#A85227 #27A892 #273CA8

monochromatic

#452210 #763A1B #A85227 #D16D3B #DD926C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#A85227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#A85227 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85227

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85227	1.00	5.38	3.90	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5F22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7225

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 82, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.126 45.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88464',
    500: '#a85227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85227;
$custom-light: #c88464;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53756,
    "c": 0.12627,
    "h": 45
  },
  "luminance": 0.14506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85227

secondary

#67A5C3

accent

#AFE542

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#140B05

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85227

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

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