#A85E2F#A85E2F

#A85E2F is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.114 H 50.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85E2F
RGB	rgb(168, 94, 47)
HSL	hsl(23, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(23, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44%, 72%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.67, 26.21, 39.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.67, 47.13, 56.21°)
OKLab	oklab(55.86% 0.0722 0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(55.86% 0.114 50.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.6660, 16.5377, 4.7925)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85E2F #2F79A8

analogous

#A82F3C #A85E2F #A89B2F

triadic

#A85E2F #2FA85E #5E2FA8

tetradic

#A85E2F #3CA82F #2F79A8 #9B2FA8

square

#A85E2F #3CA82F #2F79A8 #9B2FA8

split-complementary

#A85E2F #2FA89B #2F3CA8

monochromatic

#482814 #784322 #A85E2F #CC7B48 #D99E78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#A85E2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#A85E2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85E2F

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85E2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85E2F	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)

#73672A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85782E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84F54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85e2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 94, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.114 50.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78c6a',
    500: '#a85e2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85e2f;
$custom-light: #c78c6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85e2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.306,
    "s": 56.279,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55865,
    "c": 0.11414,
    "h": 50.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85E2F

secondary

#71A2C1

accent

#A5E048

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EB

border

#D2CBC6

text

#140C06

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85E2F

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