#A85225#A85225

#A85225 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.127 H 45.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85225
RGB	rgb(168, 82, 37)
HSL	hsl(21, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(21, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.2%, 78%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.94, 32.25, 41.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.94, 52.44, 52.04°)
OKLab	oklab(53.74% 0.0888 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(53.74% 0.127 45.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.5016, 14.4954, 3.5208)
Luminance	0.1449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85225 #257BA8

analogous

#A82539 #A85225 #A89425

triadic

#A85225 #25A852 #5225A8

tetradic

#A85225 #39A825 #257BA8 #9425A8

square

#A85225 #39A825 #257BA8 #9425A8

split-complementary

#A85225 #25A894 #2539A8

monochromatic

#44210F #763A1A #A85225 #D36D37 #DE9169

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#A85225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#A85225 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85225

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85225	1.00	5.39	3.90	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5E1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7223

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 82, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.127 45.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88462',
    500: '#a85225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85225;
$custom-light: #c88462;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.611,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53736,
    "c": 0.12698,
    "h": 45.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85225

secondary

#65A3C4

accent

#AEE741

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAEFEA

border

#D3CAC6

text

#140B05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85225

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

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