#A85E2E#A85E2E

#A85E2E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.115 H 51.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85E2E
RGB	rgb(168, 94, 46)
HSL	hsl(24, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(24, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44%, 72.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.66, 26.16, 39.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.66, 47.52, 56.60°)
OKLab	oklab(55.85% 0.0718 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(55.85% 0.115 51.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.6461, 16.5297, 4.6875)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85E2E #2E78A8

analogous

#A82E3B #A85E2E #A89B2E

triadic

#A85E2E #2EA85E #5E2EA8

tetradic

#A85E2E #3BA82E #2E78A8 #9B2EA8

square

#A85E2E #3BA82E #2E78A8 #9B2EA8

split-complementary

#A85E2E #2EA89B #2E3BA8

monochromatic

#482814 #784321 #A85E2E #CD7B47 #DA9E77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#A85E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#A85E2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85E2E

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85E2E	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736729

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85782D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84F53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 94, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.115 51.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78c69',
    500: '#a85e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85e2e;
$custom-light: #c78c69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.607,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55854,
    "c": 0.11461,
    "h": 51.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85E2E

secondary

#70A2C2

accent

#A4E048

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85E2E

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

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