#A85A31#A85A31

#A85A31 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.116 H 46.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85A31
RGB	rgb(168, 90, 49)
HSL	hsl(21, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(21, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.4%, 70.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.79, 28.52, 37.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.79, 46.83, 52.49°)
OKLab	oklab(55.2% 0.0795 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(55.2% 0.116 46.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.3608, 15.8612, 4.8944)
Luminance	0.1586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85A31 #317FA8

analogous

#A83144 #A85A31 #A89531

triadic

#A85A31 #31A85A #5A31A8

tetradic

#A85A31 #44A831 #317FA8 #9531A8

square

#A85A31 #44A831 #317FA8 #9531A8

split-complementary

#A85A31 #31A895 #3144A8

monochromatic

#492715 #794123 #A85A31 #CB774C #D89B7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#A85A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#A85A31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85A31

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85A31	1.00	5.03	4.17	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70642D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827630

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84A51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 90, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.116 46.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78a6b',
    500: '#a85a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85a31;
$custom-light: #c78a6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.672,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55196,
    "c": 0.116,
    "h": 46.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85A31

secondary

#74A6C1

accent

#ABDE4A

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85A31

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

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