#A85E22#A85E22

#A85E22 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.120 H 55.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85E22
RGB	rgb(168, 94, 34)
HSL	hsl(27, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(27, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44%, 79.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.56, 25.62, 45.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.56, 52.06, 60.52°)
OKLab	oklab(55.74% 0.0683 0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(55.74% 0.12 55.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.4417, 16.4480, 3.6113)
Luminance	0.1645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85E22 #226CA8

analogous

#A82229 #A85E22 #A8A122

triadic

#A85E22 #22A85E #5E22A8

tetradic

#A85E22 #29A822 #226CA8 #A122A8

square

#A85E22 #29A822 #226CA8 #A122A8

split-complementary

#A85E22 #22A8A1 #2229A8

monochromatic

#42250D #754218 #A85E22 #D57B32 #E09C65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#A85E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#A85E22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85E22

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85E22	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)

#746719

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867722

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84E52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 94, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.120 55.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88c62',
    500: '#a85e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85e22;
$custom-light: #c88c62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.866,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55739,
    "c": 0.11996,
    "h": 55.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85E22

secondary

#6198C5

accent

#9DE93F

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAF0EA

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C05

muted

#837D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85E22

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

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