#A85B22#A85B22

#A85B22 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.122 H 53.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85B22
RGB	rgb(168, 91, 34)
HSL	hsl(26, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(26, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.8%, 79.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.88, 27.27, 44.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.88, 52.34, 58.60°)
OKLab	oklab(55.22% 0.0733 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(55.22% 0.122 53)
XYZ	xyz(20.1801, 15.9248, 3.5241)
Luminance	0.1592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85B22 #226FA8

analogous

#A8222C #A85B22 #A89E22

triadic

#A85B22 #22A85B #5B22A8

tetradic

#A85B22 #2CA822 #226FA8 #9E22A8

square

#A85B22 #2CA822 #226FA8 #9E22A8

split-complementary

#A85B22 #22A89E #222CA8

monochromatic

#42240D #753F18 #A85B22 #D57732 #E09965

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#A85B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#A85B22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85B22

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85B22	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)

#71641A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847621

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84A4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 91, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.122 53.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88a61',
    500: '#a85b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85b22;
$custom-light: #c88a61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.522,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55215,
    "c": 0.12171,
    "h": 53
  },
  "luminance": 0.15922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85B22

secondary

#619AC5

accent

#A1E93F

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAF0EA

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C05

muted

#837D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85B22

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

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