#A85521#A85521

#A85521 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.126 H 49.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85521
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 33)
HSL	hsl(23, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(23, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 80.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.54, 30.49, 43.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.54, 53.41, 55.18°)
OKLab	oklab(54.19% 0.0828 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(54.19% 0.126 49)
XYZ	xyz(19.6734, 14.9340, 3.2851)
Luminance	0.1493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85521 #2174A8

analogous

#A82131 #A85521 #A89921

triadic

#A85521 #21A855 #5521A8

tetradic

#A85521 #31A821 #2174A8 #9921A8

square

#A85521 #31A821 #2174A8 #9921A8

split-complementary

#A85521 #21A899 #2131A8

monochromatic

#42210D #753B17 #A85521 #D67030 #E09363

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#A85521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#A85521 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85521

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85521	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)

#6D601A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81731F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8434A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.126 49.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98660',
    500: '#a85521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85521;
$custom-light: #c98660;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.111,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54191,
    "c": 0.12612,
    "h": 49
  },
  "luminance": 0.14932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85521

secondary

#5F9EC5

accent

#A8EA3E

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAEFEA

border

#D3CAC6

text

#140B05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85521

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

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