#A85B23#A85B23

#A85B23 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.121 H 52.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85B23
RGB	rgb(168, 91, 35)
HSL	hsl(25, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(25, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.8%, 79.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.88, 27.31, 44.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.88, 51.97, 58.30°)
OKLab	oklab(55.22% 0.0735 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(55.22% 0.121 52.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.1948, 15.9307, 3.6012)
Luminance	0.1593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85B23 #2370A8

analogous

#A8232E #A85B23 #A89D23

triadic

#A85B23 #23A85B #5B23A8

tetradic

#A85B23 #2EA823 #2370A8 #9D23A8

square

#A85B23 #2EA823 #2370A8 #9D23A8

split-complementary

#A85B23 #23A89D #232EA8

monochromatic

#43240E #754018 #A85B23 #D57734 #DF9966

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#A85B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#A85B23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85B23

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85B23	1.00	5.02	4.19	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71641B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847622

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84A50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 91, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.121 52.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88a62',
    500: '#a85b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85b23;
$custom-light: #c88a62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.263,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55224,
    "c": 0.12131,
    "h": 52.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85B23

secondary

#629BC5

accent

#A1E83F

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAF0EA

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C05

muted

#837D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85B23

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

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