#A85A3B#A85A3B

#A85A3B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.112 H 41.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85A3B
RGB	rgb(168, 90, 59)
HSL	hsl(17, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(17, 65%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.4%, 64.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.92, 29.13, 31.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.92, 43.14, 47.52°)
OKLab	oklab(55.33% 0.0831 0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(55.33% 0.112 41.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.5957, 15.9552, 6.1319)
Luminance	0.1595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85A3B #3B89A8

analogous

#A83B53 #A85A3B #A8913B

triadic

#A85A3B #3BA85A #5A3BA8

tetradic

#A85A3B #53A83B #3B89A8 #913BA8

square

#A85A3B #53A83B #3B89A8 #913BA8

split-complementary

#A85A3B #3BA891 #3B53A8

monochromatic

#4D291B #7B422B #A85A3B #C5795B #D59E88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#A85A3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#A85A3B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85A3B

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85A3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85A3B	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82763A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B74B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85a3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 90, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.112 41.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78a72',
    500: '#a85a3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85a3b;
$custom-light: #c78a72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85a3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.064,
    "s": 48.018,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5533,
    "c": 0.11159,
    "h": 41.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85A3B

secondary

#7FADC0

accent

#B1D850

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EC

border

#D2CBC7

text

#140C08

muted

#827D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85A3B

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

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