#A85A34#A85A34

#A85A34 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.115 H 45.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85A34
RGB	rgb(168, 90, 52)
HSL	hsl(20, 53%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(20, 69%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.4%, 69%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.83, 28.69, 35.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.83, 45.70, 51.12°)
OKLab	oklab(55.23% 0.0805 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(55.23% 0.115 45.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.4262, 15.8874, 5.2390)
Luminance	0.1588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85A34 #3482A8

analogous

#A83448 #A85A34 #A89434

triadic

#A85A34 #34A85A #5A34A8

tetradic

#A85A34 #48A834 #3482A8 #9434A8

square

#A85A34 #48A834 #3482A8 #9434A8

split-complementary

#A85A34 #34A894 #3448A8

monochromatic

#4B2817 #794126 #A85A34 #C97850 #D79C7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#A85A34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#A85A34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85A34

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85A34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85A34	1.00	5.03	4.18	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827633

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84B51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85a34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 90, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.115 45.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78a6d',
    500: '#a85a34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85a34;
$custom-light: #c78a6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85a34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.655,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55233,
    "c": 0.11466,
    "h": 45.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85A34

secondary

#77A9C0

accent

#ADDC4C

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EB

border

#D2CBC6

text

#140C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85A34

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

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