#A85D21#A85D21

#A85D21 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.121 H 54.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85D21
RGB	rgb(168, 93, 33)
HSL	hsl(27, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(27, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.6%, 80.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.32, 26.13, 45.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.32, 52.51, 60.15°)
OKLab	oklab(55.56% 0.0697 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(55.56% 0.121 54.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.3392, 16.2656, 3.5070)
Luminance	0.1626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85D21 #216CA8

analogous

#A82128 #A85D21 #A8A121

triadic

#A85D21 #21A85D #5D21A8

tetradic

#A85D21 #28A821 #216CA8 #A121A8

square

#A85D21 #28A821 #216CA8 #A121A8

split-complementary

#A85D21 #21A8A1 #2128A8

monochromatic

#42240D #754117 #A85D21 #D67A30 #E09B63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#A85D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#A85D21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85D21

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85D21	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736618

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857720

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84D51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 93, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.121 54.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88b61',
    500: '#a85d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85d21;
$custom-light: #c88b61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.667,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55555,
    "c": 0.12093,
    "h": 54.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85D21

secondary

#5F98C5

accent

#9DEA3E

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAF0EA

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C05

muted

#837D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85D21

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

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