#A85B2B#A85B2B

#A85B2B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.118 H 50.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85B2B
RGB	rgb(168, 91, 43)
HSL	hsl(23, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(23, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.8%, 74.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.95, 27.66, 40.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.95, 48.99, 55.62°)
OKLab	oklab(55.3% 0.0759 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(55.3% 0.118 50)
XYZ	xyz(20.3274, 15.9837, 4.2997)
Luminance	0.1598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85B2B #2B78A8

analogous

#A82B3A #A85B2B #A89A2B

triadic

#A85B2B #2BA85B #5B2BA8

tetradic

#A85B2B #3AA82B #2B78A8 #9A2BA8

square

#A85B2B #3AA82B #2B78A8 #9A2BA8

split-complementary

#A85B2B #2BA89A #2B3AA8

monochromatic

#472612 #77411F #A85B2B #CF7842 #DB9B72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#A85B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#A85B2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85B2B

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85B2B	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716525

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83762A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84B51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 91, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.118 50.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88a67',
    500: '#a85b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85b2b;
$custom-light: #c88a67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.04,
    "s": 59.242,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55299,
    "c": 0.11794,
    "h": 50
  },
  "luminance": 0.15981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85B2B

secondary

#6CA1C2

accent

#A6E245

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85B2B

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