#A85E23#A85E23

#A85E23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.120 H 55.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85E23
RGB	rgb(168, 94, 35)
HSL	hsl(27, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(27, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44%, 79.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.56, 25.66, 44.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.56, 51.70, 60.25°)
OKLab	oklab(55.75% 0.0686 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(55.75% 0.12 55)
XYZ	xyz(20.4564, 16.4539, 3.6884)
Luminance	0.1645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85E23 #236DA8

analogous

#A8232A #A85E23 #A8A123

triadic

#A85E23 #23A85E #5E23A8

tetradic

#A85E23 #2AA823 #236DA8 #A123A8

square

#A85E23 #2AA823 #236DA8 #A123A8

split-complementary

#A85E23 #23A8A1 #232AA8

monochromatic

#43250E #754218 #A85E23 #D57B34 #DF9C66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#A85E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#A85E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85E23

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85E23	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#74671B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857723

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84E52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 94, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.120 55.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88c62',
    500: '#a85e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85e23;
$custom-light: #c88c62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.617,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55747,
    "c": 0.11955,
    "h": 55
  },
  "luminance": 0.16452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85E23

secondary

#6299C5

accent

#9DE83F

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C05

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85E23

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

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