#A85523#A85523

#A85523 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.125 H 48.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85523
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 35)
HSL	hsl(23, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(23, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 79.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.56, 30.57, 42.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.56, 52.70, 54.55°)
OKLab	oklab(54.21% 0.0833 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(54.21% 0.125 48.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.7022, 14.9456, 3.4370)
Luminance	0.1494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85523 #2376A8

analogous

#A82334 #A85523 #A89723

triadic

#A85523 #23A855 #5523A8

tetradic

#A85523 #34A823 #2376A8 #9723A8

square

#A85523 #34A823 #2376A8 #9723A8

split-complementary

#A85523 #23A897 #2334A8

monochromatic

#43220E #753B18 #A85523 #D57034 #DF9466

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#A85523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#A85523 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85523

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85523	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)

#6D601C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817321

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8434B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.125 48.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88661',
    500: '#a85523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85523;
$custom-light: #c88661;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.556,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54208,
    "c": 0.12539,
    "h": 48.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85523

secondary

#62A0C5

accent

#A9E83F

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAEFEA

border

#D3CAC6

text

#140B05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85523

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

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