#A86235#A86235

#A86235 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.109 H 51.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A86235
RGB	rgb(168, 98, 53)
HSL	hsl(23, 52%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(23, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.7%, 68.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.66, 24.33, 37.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.66, 44.39, 56.76°)
OKLab	oklab(56.65% 0.0675 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(56.65% 0.109 51.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.1604, 17.3194, 5.5961)
Luminance	0.1732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A86235 #357BA8

analogous

#A83542 #A86235 #A89B35

triadic

#A86235 #35A862 #6235A8

tetradic

#A86235 #42A835 #357BA8 #9B35A8

square

#A86235 #42A835 #357BA8 #9B35A8

split-complementary

#A86235 #35A89B #3542A8

monochromatic

#4B2C18 #794726 #A86235 #C88052 #D7A280

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#A86235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#A86235 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A86235

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A86235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A86235	1.00	4.70	4.46	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766A30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B75458

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a86235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 98, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.109 51.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78f6e',
    500: '#a86235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a86235;
$custom-light: #c78f6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a86235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.478,
    "s": 52.036,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56646,
    "c": 0.10864,
    "h": 51.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A86235

secondary

#78A4C0

accent

#A3DB4C

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EC

border

#D2CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A86235

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

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