#A85E25#A85E25

#A85E25 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.119 H 54.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85E25
RGB	rgb(168, 94, 37)
HSL	hsl(26, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(26, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44%, 78%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.58, 25.74, 43.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.58, 50.96, 59.66°)
OKLab	oklab(55.77% 0.0691 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(55.77% 0.119 54.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.4869, 16.4661, 3.8493)
Luminance	0.1646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85E25 #256FA8

analogous

#A8252E #A85E25 #A89F25

triadic

#A85E25 #25A85E #5E25A8

tetradic

#A85E25 #2EA825 #256FA8 #9F25A8

square

#A85E25 #2EA825 #256FA8 #9F25A8

split-complementary

#A85E25 #25A89F #252EA8

monochromatic

#44260F #76421A #A85E25 #D37B37 #DE9C69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#A85E25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#A85E25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85E25

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85E25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85E25	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)

#74671D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857725

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84E52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85e25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 94, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.119 54.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88c63',
    500: '#a85e25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85e25;
$custom-light: #c88c63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85e25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.107,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55765,
    "c": 0.11871,
    "h": 54.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85E25

secondary

#659BC4

accent

#9FE741

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C05

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85E25

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

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