#A85D23#A85D23

#A85D23 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.120 H 54.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85D23
RGB	rgb(168, 93, 35)
HSL	hsl(26, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(26, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.6%, 79.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.34, 26.21, 44.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.34, 51.78, 59.59°)
OKLab	oklab(55.57% 0.0702 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(55.57% 0.12 54.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.3680, 16.2772, 3.6590)
Luminance	0.1628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85D23 #236EA8

analogous

#A8232C #A85D23 #A89F23

triadic

#A85D23 #23A85D #5D23A8

tetradic

#A85D23 #2CA823 #236EA8 #9F23A8

square

#A85D23 #2CA823 #236EA8 #9F23A8

split-complementary

#A85D23 #23A89F #232CA8

monochromatic

#43250E #754118 #A85D23 #D57A34 #DF9B66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#A85D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#A85D23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85D23

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85D23	1.00	4.94	4.26	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73661B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857722

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84D51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 93, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.120 54.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88b62',
    500: '#a85d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85d23;
$custom-light: #c88b62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.165,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55572,
    "c": 0.12012,
    "h": 54.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85D23

secondary

#629AC5

accent

#9FE83F

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C05

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85D23

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

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