#A85228#A85228

#A85228 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.126 H 44.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85228
RGB	rgb(168, 82, 40)
HSL	hsl(20, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(20, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.2%, 76.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.96, 32.38, 39.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.96, 51.36, 50.92°)
OKLab	oklab(53.77% 0.0896 0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(53.77% 0.126 44.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.5506, 14.5150, 3.7792)
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

#A85228 #287EA8

analogous

#A8283E #A85228 #A89228

triadic

#A85228 #28A852 #5228A8

tetradic

#A85228 #3EA828 #287EA8 #9228A8

square

#A85228 #3EA828 #287EA8 #9228A8

split-complementary

#A85228 #28A892 #283EA8

monochromatic

#452210 #773A1C #A85228 #D16D3D #DC926E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#A85228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#A85228 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85228

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85228	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)

#6A5F23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7226

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 82, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.126 44.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88464',
    500: '#a85228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85228;
$custom-light: #c88464;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.688,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53766,
    "c": 0.1259,
    "h": 44.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85228

secondary

#69A5C3

accent

#B0E543

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#140B05

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85228

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

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