#A85A38#A85A38

#A85A38 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.113 H 43.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85A38
RGB	rgb(168, 90, 56)
HSL	hsl(18, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(18, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.4%, 66.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.88, 28.93, 33.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.88, 44.22, 49.13°)
OKLab	oklab(55.29% 0.082 0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(55.29% 0.113 43.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.5201, 15.9250, 5.7338)
Luminance	0.1592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85A38 #3886A8

analogous

#A8384E #A85A38 #A89238

triadic

#A85A38 #38A85A #5A38A8

tetradic

#A85A38 #4EA838 #3886A8 #9238A8

square

#A85A38 #4EA838 #3886A8 #9238A8

split-complementary

#A85A38 #38A892 #384EA8

monochromatic

#4C2919 #7A4129 #A85A38 #C77956 #D69D84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#A85A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#A85A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85A38

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85A38	1.00	5.02	4.18	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84B52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 90, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.113 43.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78a6f',
    500: '#a85a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85a38;
$custom-light: #c78a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.214,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55287,
    "c": 0.11289,
    "h": 43.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85A38

secondary

#7CABC0

accent

#AFDA4E

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EC

border

#D2CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85A38

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

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