#A85D2E#A85D2E

#A85D2E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.115 H 50.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85D2E
RGB	rgb(168, 93, 46)
HSL	hsl(23, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(23, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.6%, 72.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.43, 26.71, 39.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.43, 47.62, 55.88°)
OKLab	oklab(55.68% 0.0735 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(55.68% 0.115 50.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.5577, 16.3531, 4.6581)
Luminance	0.1635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85D2E #2E79A8

analogous

#A82E3C #A85D2E #A89A2E

triadic

#A85D2E #2EA85D #5D2EA8

tetradic

#A85D2E #3CA82E #2E79A8 #9A2EA8

square

#A85D2E #3CA82E #2E79A8 #9A2EA8

split-complementary

#A85D2E #2EA89A #2E3CA8

monochromatic

#482814 #784221 #A85D2E #CD7A47 #DA9D77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#A85D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#A85D2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85D2E

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85D2E	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84772D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84E53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 93, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.115 50.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78c69',
    500: '#a85d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85d2e;
$custom-light: #c78c69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.115,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55679,
    "c": 0.11526,
    "h": 50.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85D2E

secondary

#70A2C2

accent

#A5E048

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85D2E

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

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