#A85A27#A85A27

#A85A27 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.120 H 50.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85A27
RGB	rgb(168, 90, 39)
HSL	hsl(24, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(24, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.4%, 76.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.69, 28.02, 42.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.69, 50.61, 56.38°)
OKLab	oklab(55.09% 0.0763 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(55.09% 0.12 50.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.1727, 15.7860, 3.9037)
Luminance	0.1578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85A27 #2775A8

analogous

#A82734 #A85A27 #A89A27

triadic

#A85A27 #27A85A #5A27A8

tetradic

#A85A27 #34A827 #2775A8 #9A27A8

square

#A85A27 #34A827 #2775A8 #9A27A8

split-complementary

#A85A27 #27A89A #2734A8

monochromatic

#452510 #763F1B #A85A27 #D1763B #DD996C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#A85A27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#A85A27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85A27

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85A27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85A27	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837526

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8494F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85a27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 90, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.120 50.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88964',
    500: '#a85a27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85a27;
$custom-light: #c88964;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85a27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.721,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55088,
    "c": 0.12033,
    "h": 50.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85A27

secondary

#679FC3

accent

#A5E542

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85A27

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

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