#A85F21#A85F21

#A85F21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.120 H 56.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85F21
RGB	rgb(168, 95, 33)
HSL	hsl(28, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(28, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.5%, 80.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.78, 25.03, 45.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.78, 52.34, 61.44°)
OKLab	oklab(55.91% 0.0664 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(55.91% 0.12 56.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.5170, 16.6213, 3.5663)
Luminance	0.1662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85F21 #216AA8

analogous

#A82126 #A85F21 #A8A321

triadic

#A85F21 #21A85F #5F21A8

tetradic

#A85F21 #26A821 #216AA8 #A321A8

square

#A85F21 #26A821 #216AA8 #A321A8

split-complementary

#A85F21 #21A8A3 #2126A8

monochromatic

#42250D #754217 #A85F21 #D67C30 #E09D63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#A85F21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#A85F21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85F21

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85F21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85F21	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)

#756718

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867821

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84F53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85f21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 95, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.120 56.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88d61',
    500: '#a85f21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85f21;
$custom-light: #c88d61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85f21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.556,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55908,
    "c": 0.11984,
    "h": 56.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85F21

secondary

#5F97C5

accent

#9BEA3E

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAF0EA

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C05

muted

#837D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85F21

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

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