#A85A23#A85A23

#A85A23 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.122 H 51.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85A23
RGB	rgb(168, 90, 35)
HSL	hsl(25, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(25, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.4%, 79.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.66, 27.86, 44.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.66, 52.08, 57.66°)
OKLab	oklab(55.05% 0.0752 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(55.05% 0.122 51.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.1098, 15.7608, 3.5729)
Luminance	0.1576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85A23 #2371A8

analogous

#A8232F #A85A23 #A89D23

triadic

#A85A23 #23A85A #5A23A8

tetradic

#A85A23 #2FA823 #2371A8 #9D23A8

square

#A85A23 #2FA823 #2371A8 #9D23A8

split-complementary

#A85A23 #23A89D #232FA8

monochromatic

#43240E #753F18 #A85A23 #D57634 #DF9866

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#A85A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#A85A23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85A23

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85A23	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)

#71641B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837522

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8494F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 90, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.122 51.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88962',
    500: '#a85a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85a23;
$custom-light: #c88962;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.812,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55051,
    "c": 0.12194,
    "h": 51.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85A23

secondary

#629CC5

accent

#A3E83F

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAF0EA

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140B05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85A23

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

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