#A85F23#A85F23

#A85F23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.119 H 55.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85F23
RGB	rgb(168, 95, 35)
HSL	hsl(27, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(27, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.5%, 79.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.79, 25.10, 45.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.79, 51.62, 60.90°)
OKLab	oklab(55.92% 0.0669 0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(55.92% 0.119 55.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.5459, 16.6329, 3.7183)
Luminance	0.1663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85F23 #236CA8

analogous

#A82329 #A85F23 #A8A223

triadic

#A85F23 #23A85F #5F23A8

tetradic

#A85F23 #29A823 #236CA8 #A223A8

square

#A85F23 #29A823 #236CA8 #A223A8

split-complementary

#A85F23 #23A8A2 #2329A8

monochromatic

#43260E #754218 #A85F23 #D57C34 #DF9D66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#A85F23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#A85F23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85F23

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85F23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85F23	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#75671B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867823

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84F53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85f23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 95, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.119 55.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88d62',
    500: '#a85f23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85f23;
$custom-light: #c88d62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85f23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.068,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55924,
    "c": 0.119,
    "h": 55.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85F23

secondary

#6298C5

accent

#9CE83F

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C05

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85F23

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

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