#A85E2B#A85E2B

#A85E2B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.116 H 52.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85E2B
RGB	rgb(168, 94, 43)
HSL	hsl(24, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(24, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44%, 74.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.63, 26.01, 41.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.63, 48.68, 57.70°)
OKLab	oklab(55.82% 0.0709 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(55.82% 0.116 52.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.5890, 16.5069, 4.3869)
Luminance	0.1651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85E2B #2B75A8

analogous

#A82B37 #A85E2B #A89D2B

triadic

#A85E2B #2BA85E #5E2BA8

tetradic

#A85E2B #37A82B #2B75A8 #9D2BA8

square

#A85E2B #37A82B #2B75A8 #9D2BA8

split-complementary

#A85E2B #2BA89D #2B37A8

monochromatic

#472712 #77431F #A85E2B #CF7B42 #DB9D72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#A85E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#A85E2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85E2B

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85E2B	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85772A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84E53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 94, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.116 52.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78c67',
    500: '#a85e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85e2b;
$custom-light: #c78c67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.48,
    "s": 59.242,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55822,
    "c": 0.11602,
    "h": 52.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85E2B

secondary

#6C9FC2

accent

#A2E245

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85E2B

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

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