#A85235#A85235

#A85235 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.121 H 39.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85235
RGB	rgb(168, 82, 53)
HSL	hsl(15, 52%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(15, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.2%, 68.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.11, 33.06, 33.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.11, 46.74, 44.99°)
OKLab	oklab(53.92% 0.0941 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(53.92% 0.121 39.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.8101, 14.6188, 5.1460)
Luminance	0.1462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85235 #358BA8

analogous

#A83552 #A85235 #A88B35

triadic

#A85235 #35A852 #5235A8

tetradic

#A85235 #52A835 #358BA8 #8B35A8

square

#A85235 #52A835 #358BA8 #8B35A8

split-complementary

#A85235 #35A88B #3552A8

monochromatic

#4B2518 #793B26 #A85235 #C87052 #D79680

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#A85235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#A85235 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85235

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85235	1.00	5.35	3.92	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695F32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8414B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 82, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.121 39.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8846d',
    500: '#a85235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85235;
$custom-light: #c8846d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.13,
    "s": 52.036,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53923,
    "c": 0.12111,
    "h": 39.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85235

secondary

#78AEC0

accent

#B7DB4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#140B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85235

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

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