#A85E31#A85E31

#A85E31 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.113 H 50.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85E31
RGB	rgb(168, 94, 49)
HSL	hsl(23, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(23, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44%, 70.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.69, 26.32, 38.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.69, 46.35, 55.40°)
OKLab	oklab(55.89% 0.0728 0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(55.89% 0.113 50)
XYZ	xyz(20.7073, 16.5542, 5.0099)
Luminance	0.1655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85E31 #317BA8

analogous

#A8313F #A85E31 #A89A31

triadic

#A85E31 #31A85E #5E31A8

tetradic

#A85E31 #3FA831 #317BA8 #9A31A8

square

#A85E31 #3FA831 #317BA8 #9A31A8

split-complementary

#A85E31 #31A89A #313FA8

monochromatic

#492915 #794323 #A85E31 #CB7C4C #D89E7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#A85E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#A85E31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85E31

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85E31	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)

#73672C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857830

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84F54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 94, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.113 50.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78c6b',
    500: '#a85e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85e31;
$custom-light: #c78c6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.689,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55888,
    "c": 0.11318,
    "h": 50
  },
  "luminance": 0.16552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85E31

secondary

#74A4C1

accent

#A6DE4A

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EB

border

#D2CBC6

text

#140C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85E31

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

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