#A85522#A85522

#A85522 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.126 H 48.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85522
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 34)
HSL	hsl(23, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(23, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 79.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.55, 30.53, 43.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.55, 53.06, 54.87°)
OKLab	oklab(54.2% 0.0831 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(54.2% 0.126 48.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.6876, 14.9397, 3.3600)
Luminance	0.1494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85522 #2275A8

analogous

#A82232 #A85522 #A89822

triadic

#A85522 #22A855 #5522A8

tetradic

#A85522 #32A822 #2275A8 #9822A8

square

#A85522 #32A822 #2275A8 #9822A8

split-complementary

#A85522 #22A898 #2232A8

monochromatic

#42210D #753B18 #A85522 #D57032 #E09365

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#A85522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#A85522 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85522

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85522	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)

#6D601B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817320

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8434B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.126 48.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88661',
    500: '#a85522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85522;
$custom-light: #c88661;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.836,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.542,
    "c": 0.12576,
    "h": 48.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85522

secondary

#619FC5

accent

#A8E93F

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAEFEA

border

#D3CAC6

text

#140B05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85522

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

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