#A85A24#A85A24

#A85A24 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.122 H 51.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85A24
RGB	rgb(168, 90, 36)
HSL	hsl(25, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(25, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.4%, 78.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.67, 27.90, 43.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.67, 51.72, 57.36°)
OKLab	oklab(55.06% 0.0755 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(55.06% 0.122 51.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.1249, 15.7669, 3.6522)
Luminance	0.1577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85A24 #2472A8

analogous

#A82430 #A85A24 #A89C24

triadic

#A85A24 #24A85A #5A24A8

tetradic

#A85A24 #30A824 #2472A8 #9C24A8

square

#A85A24 #30A824 #2472A8 #9C24A8

split-complementary

#A85A24 #24A89C #2430A8

monochromatic

#43240E #763F19 #A85A24 #D47635 #DF9868

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#A85A24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#A85A24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85A24

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85A24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85A24	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)

#71641D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837523

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8494F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85a24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 90, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.122 51.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88962',
    500: '#a85a24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85a24;
$custom-light: #c88962;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85a24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.545,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5506,
    "c": 0.12155,
    "h": 51.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85A24

secondary

#639DC4

accent

#A3E840

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140B05

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85A24

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

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