#A85B31#A85B31

#A85B31 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.115 H 47.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85B31
RGB	rgb(168, 91, 49)
HSL	hsl(21, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(21, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.8%, 70.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.02, 27.97, 37.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.02, 46.70, 53.21°)
OKLab	oklab(55.37% 0.0778 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(55.37% 0.115 47.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.4457, 16.0310, 4.9227)
Luminance	0.1603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85B31 #317EA8

analogous

#A83143 #A85B31 #A89631

triadic

#A85B31 #31A85B #5B31A8

tetradic

#A85B31 #43A831 #317EA8 #9631A8

square

#A85B31 #43A831 #317EA8 #9631A8

split-complementary

#A85B31 #31A896 #3143A8

monochromatic

#492815 #794123 #A85B31 #CB784C #D89C7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#A85B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#A85B31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85B31

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85B31	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70652D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837630

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84B52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 91, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.115 47.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78a6b',
    500: '#a85b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85b31;
$custom-light: #c78a6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.176,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55367,
    "c": 0.11526,
    "h": 47.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85B31

secondary

#74A6C1

accent

#AADE4A

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EB

border

#D2CBC6

text

#140C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85B31

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

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