#A85E37#A85E37

#A85E37 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.110 H 47.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85E37
RGB	rgb(168, 94, 55)
HSL	hsl(21, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(21, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44%, 67.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.76, 26.67, 35.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.76, 44.02, 52.71°)
OKLab	oklab(55.96% 0.0749 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(55.96% 0.11 47.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.8424, 16.6083, 5.7218)
Luminance	0.1661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85E37 #3781A8

analogous

#A83748 #A85E37 #A89637

triadic

#A85E37 #37A85E #5E37A8

tetradic

#A85E37 #48A837 #3781A8 #9637A8

square

#A85E37 #48A837 #3781A8 #9637A8

split-complementary

#A85E37 #37A896 #3748A8

monochromatic

#4C2A19 #7A4428 #A85E37 #C77C55 #D6A083

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#A85E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#A85E37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85E37

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85E37	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B74F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 94, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.110 47.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78c6f',
    500: '#a85e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85e37;
$custom-light: #c78c6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.708,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55963,
    "c": 0.11027,
    "h": 47.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85E37

secondary

#7BA8C0

accent

#AADA4E

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EC

border

#D2CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85E37

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

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