#A85E21#A85E21

#A85E21 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.120 H 55.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85E21
RGB	rgb(168, 94, 33)
HSL	hsl(27, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(27, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44%, 80.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.55, 25.58, 45.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.55, 52.42, 60.79°)
OKLab	oklab(55.73% 0.0681 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(55.73% 0.12 55.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.4275, 16.4423, 3.5365)
Luminance	0.1644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85E21 #216BA8

analogous

#A82128 #A85E21 #A8A221

triadic

#A85E21 #21A85E #5E21A8

tetradic

#A85E21 #28A821 #216BA8 #A221A8

square

#A85E21 #28A821 #216BA8 #A221A8

split-complementary

#A85E21 #21A8A2 #2128A8

monochromatic

#42250D #754117 #A85E21 #D67B30 #E09C63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#A85E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#A85E21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85E21

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85E21	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)

#746718

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867721

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84E52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 94, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.120 55.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88c61',
    500: '#a85e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85e21;
$custom-light: #c88c61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.111,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55731,
    "c": 0.12037,
    "h": 55.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85E21

secondary

#5F97C5

accent

#9CEA3E

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAF0EA

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C05

muted

#837D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85E21

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

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