#A85A28#A85A28

#A85A28 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.120 H 50.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85A28
RGB	rgb(168, 90, 40)
HSL	hsl(23, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(23, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.4%, 76.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.70, 28.07, 41.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.70, 50.23, 56.03°)
OKLab	oklab(55.1% 0.0766 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(55.1% 0.12 50.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.1894, 15.7927, 3.9922)
Luminance	0.1579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85A28 #2876A8

analogous

#A82836 #A85A28 #A89A28

triadic

#A85A28 #28A85A #5A28A8

tetradic

#A85A28 #36A828 #2876A8 #9A28A8

square

#A85A28 #36A828 #2876A8 #9A28A8

split-complementary

#A85A28 #28A89A #2836A8

monochromatic

#452510 #77401C #A85A28 #D1763D #DC996E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#A85A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#A85A28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85A28

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85A28	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)

#706422

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837527

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84A4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 90, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.120 50.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88965',
    500: '#a85a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85a28;
$custom-light: #c88965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.438,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55097,
    "c": 0.11991,
    "h": 50.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85A28

secondary

#69A0C3

accent

#A6E543

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85A28

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

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