#A85520#A85520

#A85520 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.126 H 49.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85520
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 32)
HSL	hsl(23, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(23, 81%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 81%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.54, 30.46, 44.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.54, 53.76, 55.49°)
OKLab	oklab(54.18% 0.0825 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(54.18% 0.126 49.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.6596, 14.9285, 3.2124)
Luminance	0.1493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85520 #2073A8

analogous

#A8202F #A85520 #A89920

triadic

#A85520 #20A855 #5520A8

tetradic

#A85520 #2FA820 #2073A8 #9920A8

square

#A85520 #2FA820 #2073A8 #9920A8

split-complementary

#A85520 #20A899 #202FA8

monochromatic

#41210C #753B16 #A85520 #D7702E #E19361

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#A85520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#A85520 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85520

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85520	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)

#6D6018

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81731E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8434A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.126 49.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98660',
    500: '#a85520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85520;
$custom-light: #c98660;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.382,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54183,
    "c": 0.12647,
    "h": 49.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85520

secondary

#5E9DC6

accent

#A7EB3D

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAEFE9

border

#D3CAC5

text

#140B05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85520

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

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