#A85F38#A85F38

#A85F38 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.109 H 47.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85F38
RGB	rgb(168, 95, 56)
HSL	hsl(21, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(21, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.5%, 66.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.00, 26.18, 34.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.00, 43.52, 53.01°)
OKLab	oklab(56.15% 0.0736 0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(56.15% 0.109 47.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.9562, 16.7970, 5.8791)
Luminance	0.1679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85F38 #3881A8

analogous

#A83849 #A85F38 #A89738

triadic

#A85F38 #38A85F #5F38A8

tetradic

#A85F38 #49A838 #3881A8 #9738A8

square

#A85F38 #49A838 #3881A8 #9738A8

split-complementary

#A85F38 #38A897 #3849A8

monochromatic

#4C2B19 #7A4529 #A85F38 #C77E56 #D6A184

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#A85F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#A85F38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85F38

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85F38	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B75156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 95, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.109 47.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78d70',
    500: '#a85f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85f38;
$custom-light: #c78d70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.893,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56152,
    "c": 0.10906,
    "h": 47.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85F38

secondary

#7CA8C0

accent

#A9DA4E

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EC

border

#D2CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85F38

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

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