#A85E27#A85E27

#A85E27 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.118 H 53.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85E27
RGB	rgb(168, 94, 39)
HSL	hsl(26, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(26, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44%, 76.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.60, 25.82, 43.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.60, 50.21, 59.05°)
OKLab	oklab(55.78% 0.0697 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(55.78% 0.118 53.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.5192, 16.4790, 4.0192)
Luminance	0.1648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85E27 #2771A8

analogous

#A82731 #A85E27 #A89E27

triadic

#A85E27 #27A85E #5E27A8

tetradic

#A85E27 #31A827 #2771A8 #9E27A8

square

#A85E27 #31A827 #2771A8 #9E27A8

split-complementary

#A85E27 #27A89E #2731A8

monochromatic

#452610 #76421B #A85E27 #D17B3B #DD9C6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#A85E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#A85E27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85E27

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85E27	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857727

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84E52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 94, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.118 53.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88c65',
    500: '#a85e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85e27;
$custom-light: #c88c65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.581,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55783,
    "c": 0.11783,
    "h": 53.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85E27

secondary

#679CC3

accent

#A0E542

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85E27

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

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