#A85F42#A85F42

#A85F42 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.104 H 42.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85F42
RGB	rgb(168, 95, 66)
HSL	hsl(17, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(17, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.5%, 60.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.14, 26.89, 29.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.14, 39.80, 47.50°)
OKLab	oklab(56.3% 0.0774 0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(56.3% 0.104 42.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.2256, 16.9048, 7.2983)
Luminance	0.1690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85F42 #428BA8

analogous

#A84258 #A85F42 #A89242

triadic

#A85F42 #42A85F #5F42A8

tetradic

#A85F42 #58A842 #428BA8 #9242A8

square

#A85F42 #58A842 #428BA8 #9242A8

split-complementary

#A85F42 #42A892 #4258A8

monochromatic

#502D1F #7C4631 #A85F42 #C27F65 #D4A491

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#A85F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#A85F42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85F42

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85F42	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72693F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B75258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 95, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.104 42.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68d77',
    500: '#a85f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85f42;
$custom-light: #c68d77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.059,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56301,
    "c": 0.10424,
    "h": 42.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85F42

secondary

#87AFBF

accent

#AFD354

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9F0ED

border

#D2CBC8

text

#140C08

muted

#827D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85F42

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

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