#A85E24#A85E24

#A85E24 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.119 H 54.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85E24
RGB	rgb(168, 94, 36)
HSL	hsl(26, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(26, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44%, 78.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.57, 25.70, 44.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.57, 51.33, 59.96°)
OKLab	oklab(55.76% 0.0689 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(55.76% 0.119 54.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.4714, 16.4599, 3.7677)
Luminance	0.1646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85E24 #246EA8

analogous

#A8242C #A85E24 #A8A024

triadic

#A85E24 #24A85E #5E24A8

tetradic

#A85E24 #2CA824 #246EA8 #A024A8

square

#A85E24 #2CA824 #246EA8 #A024A8

split-complementary

#A85E24 #24A8A0 #242CA8

monochromatic

#43260E #764219 #A85E24 #D47B35 #DF9C68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#A85E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#A85E24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85E24

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85E24	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)

#74671C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857724

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84E52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 94, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.119 54.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88c63',
    500: '#a85e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85e24;
$custom-light: #c88c63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.364,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55756,
    "c": 0.11913,
    "h": 54.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85E24

secondary

#639AC4

accent

#9EE840

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C05

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85E24

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

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