#A85E32#A85E32

#A85E32 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.113 H 49.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85E32
RGB	rgb(168, 94, 50)
HSL	hsl(22, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(22, 70%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44%, 70.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.70, 26.38, 37.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.70, 45.96, 54.98°)
OKLab	oklab(55.9% 0.0732 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(55.9% 0.113 49.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.7286, 16.5628, 5.1223)
Luminance	0.1656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85E32 #327CA8

analogous

#A83241 #A85E32 #A89932

triadic

#A85E32 #32A85E #5E32A8

tetradic

#A85E32 #41A832 #327CA8 #9932A8

square

#A85E32 #41A832 #327CA8 #9932A8

split-complementary

#A85E32 #32A899 #3241A8

monochromatic

#4A2916 #794424 #A85E32 #CA7C4D #D89F7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#A85E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#A85E32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85E32

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85E32	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)

#73672D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84F54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 94, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.113 49.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78c6c',
    500: '#a85e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85e32;
$custom-light: #c78c6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.373,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.559,
    "c": 0.1127,
    "h": 49.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85E32

secondary

#75A5C1

accent

#A7DD4A

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EB

border

#D2CBC6

text

#140C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85E32

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

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