#A85C2C#A85C2C

#A85C2C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.117 H 50.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85C2C
RGB	rgb(168, 92, 44)
HSL	hsl(23, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(23, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.2%, 73.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.19, 27.16, 40.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.19, 48.50, 55.94°)
OKLab	oklab(55.48% 0.0745 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(55.48% 0.117 50.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.4320, 16.1633, 4.4262)
Luminance	0.1616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85C2C #2C78A8

analogous

#A82C3A #A85C2C #A89A2C

triadic

#A85C2C #2CA85C #5C2CA8

tetradic

#A85C2C #3AA82C #2C78A8 #9A2CA8

square

#A85C2C #3AA82C #2C78A8 #9A2CA8

split-complementary

#A85C2C #2CA89A #2C3AA8

monochromatic

#472713 #78411F #A85C2C #CE7943 #DB9C74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#A85C2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#A85C2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85C2C

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85C2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85C2C	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84772B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84C52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85c2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 92, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.117 50.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88b68',
    500: '#a85c2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85c2c;
$custom-light: #c88b68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85c2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.226,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55483,
    "c": 0.11683,
    "h": 50.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85C2C

secondary

#6EA1C2

accent

#A5E246

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85C2C

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

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