#A85A22#A85A22

#A85A22 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.122 H 52.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85A22
RGB	rgb(168, 90, 34)
HSL	hsl(25, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(25, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.4%, 79.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.65, 27.82, 44.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.65, 52.44, 57.96°)
OKLab	oklab(55.04% 0.0749 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(55.04% 0.122 52.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.0952, 15.7550, 3.4958)
Luminance	0.1575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85A22 #2270A8

analogous

#A8222D #A85A22 #A89D22

triadic

#A85A22 #22A85A #5A22A8

tetradic

#A85A22 #2DA822 #2270A8 #9D22A8

square

#A85A22 #2DA822 #2270A8 #9D22A8

split-complementary

#A85A22 #22A89D #222DA8

monochromatic

#42230D #753F18 #A85A22 #D57632 #E09865

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#A85A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#A85A22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85A22

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85A22	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71641A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837521

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8494F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 90, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.122 52.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88961',
    500: '#a85a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85a22;
$custom-light: #c88961;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.075,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55043,
    "c": 0.12234,
    "h": 52.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85A22

secondary

#619BC5

accent

#A2E93F

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAF0EA

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140B05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85A22

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

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