#A85342#A85342

#A85342 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.116 H 32.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85342
RGB	rgb(168, 83, 66)
HSL	hsl(10, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(10, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 60.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.51, 33.40, 26.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.51, 42.36, 37.96°)
OKLab	oklab(54.29% 0.0974 0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(54.29% 0.116 32.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.2267, 14.9070, 6.9654)
Luminance	0.1490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85342 #4297A8

analogous

#A84264 #A85342 #A88642

triadic

#A85342 #42A853 #5342A8

tetradic

#A85342 #64A842 #4297A8 #8642A8

square

#A85342 #64A842 #4297A8 #8642A8

split-complementary

#A85342 #42A886 #4264A8

monochromatic

#50281F #7C3D31 #A85342 #C27465 #D49C91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#A85342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#A85342 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85342

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85342	1.00	5.28	3.98	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686140

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7444F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 83, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.116 32.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78576',
    500: '#a85342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85342;
$custom-light: #c78576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54288,
    "c": 0.11571,
    "h": 32.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85342

secondary

#87B6BF

accent

#BED354

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9EFED

border

#D2CAC8

text

#140B08

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85342

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

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