#A85E30#A85E30

#A85E30 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.114 H 50.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85E30
RGB	rgb(168, 94, 48)
HSL	hsl(23, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(23, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44%, 71.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.68, 26.26, 38.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.68, 46.74, 55.81°)
OKLab	oklab(55.88% 0.0725 0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(55.88% 0.114 50.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.6864, 16.5459, 4.9000)
Luminance	0.1654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85E30 #307AA8

analogous

#A8303E #A85E30 #A89A30

triadic

#A85E30 #30A85E #5E30A8

tetradic

#A85E30 #3EA830 #307AA8 #9A30A8

square

#A85E30 #3EA830 #307AA8 #9A30A8

split-complementary

#A85E30 #30A89A #303EA8

monochromatic

#492915 #784322 #A85E30 #CB7C4A #D99E7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#A85E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#A85E30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85E30

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85E30	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73672B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85782F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84F54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 94, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.114 50.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78c6a',
    500: '#a85e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85e30;
$custom-light: #c78c6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55876,
    "c": 0.11366,
    "h": 50.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85E30

secondary

#73A3C1

accent

#A5DF49

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EB

border

#D2CBC6

text

#140C06

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85E30

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

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