#A85638#A85638

#A85638 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.116 H 40.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85638
RGB	rgb(168, 86, 56)
HSL	hsl(16, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(16, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.8%, 66.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.00, 31.10, 32.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.00, 44.92, 46.18°)
OKLab	oklab(54.62% 0.0886 0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(54.62% 0.116 40.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.1918, 15.2682, 5.6243)
Luminance	0.1527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85638 #388AA8

analogous

#A83852 #A85638 #A88E38

triadic

#A85638 #38A856 #5638A8

tetradic

#A85638 #52A838 #388AA8 #8E38A8

square

#A85638 #52A838 #388AA8 #8E38A8

split-complementary

#A85638 #38A88E #3852A8

monochromatic

#4C2719 #7A3F29 #A85638 #C77556 #D69A84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#A85638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#A85638 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85638

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85638	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8464F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 86, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.116 40.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7876f',
    500: '#a85638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85638;
$custom-light: #c7876f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.071,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54616,
    "c": 0.11632,
    "h": 40.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85638

secondary

#7CAEC0

accent

#B4DA4E

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9EFEC

border

#D2CAC7

text

#140B07

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85638

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

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