#A85121#A85121

#A85121 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.129 H 46.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85121
RGB	rgb(168, 81, 33)
HSL	hsl(21, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(21, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.8%, 80.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.69, 32.63, 43.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.69, 54.00, 52.83°)
OKLab	oklab(53.54% 0.0892 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(53.54% 0.129 46.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.3673, 14.3219, 3.1831)
Luminance	0.1432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85121 #2178A8

analogous

#A82135 #A85121 #A89521

triadic

#A85121 #21A851 #5121A8

tetradic

#A85121 #35A821 #2178A8 #9521A8

square

#A85121 #35A821 #2178A8 #9521A8

split-complementary

#A85121 #21A895 #2135A8

monochromatic

#42200D #753817 #A85121 #D66B30 #E09063

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#A85121 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#A85121 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85121

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85121	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85121	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5E1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F711F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B93E47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85121;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 81, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.129 46.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98360',
    500: '#a85121',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85121;
$custom-light: #c98360;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85121",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.333,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53539,
    "c": 0.12914,
    "h": 46.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85121

secondary

#5FA1C5

accent

#ADEA3E

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAEFEA

border

#D3CAC6

text

#140B05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85121

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

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