#A85B2E#A85B2E

#A85B2E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.117 H 48.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85B2E
RGB	rgb(168, 91, 46)
HSL	hsl(22, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(22, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.8%, 72.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.98, 27.81, 38.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.98, 47.85, 54.46°)
OKLab	oklab(55.33% 0.0768 0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(55.33% 0.117 48.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.3845, 16.0065, 4.6003)
Luminance	0.1600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85B2E #2E7BA8

analogous

#A82E3E #A85B2E #A8982E

triadic

#A85B2E #2EA85B #5B2EA8

tetradic

#A85B2E #3EA82E #2E7BA8 #982EA8

square

#A85B2E #3EA82E #2E7BA8 #982EA8

split-complementary

#A85B2E #2EA898 #2E3EA8

monochromatic

#482714 #784121 #A85B2E #CD7847 #DA9B77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#A85B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#A85B2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85B2E

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85B2E	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)

#716529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83762D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84B51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 91, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.117 48.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78a69',
    500: '#a85b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85b2e;
$custom-light: #c78a69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.131,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55332,
    "c": 0.11661,
    "h": 48.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85B2E

secondary

#70A4C2

accent

#A8E048

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85B2E

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

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