#A85E34#A85E34

#A85E34 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.112 H 48.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85E34
RGB	rgb(168, 94, 52)
HSL	hsl(22, 53%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(22, 69%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44%, 69%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.73, 26.49, 36.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.73, 45.18, 54.10°)
OKLab	oklab(55.92% 0.0739 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(55.92% 0.112 48.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.7727, 16.5804, 5.3545)
Luminance	0.1658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85E34 #347EA8

analogous

#A83444 #A85E34 #A89834

triadic

#A85E34 #34A85E #5E34A8

tetradic

#A85E34 #44A834 #347EA8 #9834A8

square

#A85E34 #44A834 #347EA8 #9834A8

split-complementary

#A85E34 #34A898 #3444A8

monochromatic

#4B2A17 #794426 #A85E34 #C97C50 #D79F7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#A85E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#A85E34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85E34

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85E34	1.00	4.87	4.32	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736730

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847833

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84F54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 94, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.112 48.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78c6d',
    500: '#a85e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85e34;
$custom-light: #c78c6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.724,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55924,
    "c": 0.11172,
    "h": 48.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85E34

secondary

#77A6C0

accent

#A8DC4C

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EB

border

#D2CBC6

text

#140C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85E34

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

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