#A85E20#A85E20

#A85E20 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.121 H 55.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85E20
RGB	rgb(168, 94, 32)
HSL	hsl(27, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(27, 81%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44%, 81%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.54, 25.54, 46.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.54, 52.78, 61.06°)
OKLab	oklab(55.72% 0.0678 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(55.72% 0.121 55.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.4137, 16.4368, 3.4638)
Luminance	0.1643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85E20 #206AA8

analogous

#A82026 #A85E20 #A8A220

triadic

#A85E20 #20A85E #5E20A8

tetradic

#A85E20 #26A820 #206AA8 #A220A8

square

#A85E20 #26A820 #206AA8 #A220A8

split-complementary

#A85E20 #20A8A2 #2026A8

monochromatic

#41240C #754116 #A85E20 #D77B2E #E19C61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#A85E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#A85E20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85E20

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85E20	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867720

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84E52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 94, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.121 55.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88c60',
    500: '#a85e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85e20;
$custom-light: #c88c60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.353,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55724,
    "c": 0.12077,
    "h": 55.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85E20

secondary

#5E96C6

accent

#9CEB3D

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAF0EA

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C05

muted

#837D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85E20

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

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