#A85437#A85437

#A85437 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.119 H 39.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85437
RGB	rgb(168, 84, 55)
HSL	hsl(15, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(15, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 67.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.56, 32.11, 32.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.56, 45.66, 45.30°)
OKLab	oklab(54.27% 0.0915 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(54.27% 0.119 39.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.0101, 14.9436, 5.4443)
Luminance	0.1494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85437 #378BA8

analogous

#A83752 #A85437 #A88C37

triadic

#A85437 #37A854 #5437A8

tetradic

#A85437 #52A837 #378BA8 #8C37A8

square

#A85437 #52A837 #378BA8 #8C37A8

split-complementary

#A85437 #37A88C #3752A8

monochromatic

#4C2619 #7A3D28 #A85437 #C77255 #D69883

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#A85437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#A85437 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85437

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85437	1.00	5.27	3.99	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8444D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 84, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.119 39.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7866f',
    500: '#a85437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85437;
$custom-light: #c7866f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.398,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54274,
    "c": 0.11852,
    "h": 39.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85437

secondary

#7BAEC0

accent

#B6DA4E

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9EFEC

border

#D2CAC7

text

#140B07

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85437

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

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