#A85524#A85524

#A85524 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.125 H 48.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85524
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 36)
HSL	hsl(22, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(22, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 78.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.57, 30.61, 42.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.57, 52.34, 54.21°)
OKLab	oklab(54.22% 0.0836 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(54.22% 0.125 48)
XYZ	xyz(19.7173, 14.9516, 3.5163)
Luminance	0.1495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85524 #2477A8

analogous

#A82435 #A85524 #A89724

triadic

#A85524 #24A855 #5524A8

tetradic

#A85524 #35A824 #2477A8 #9724A8

square

#A85524 #35A824 #2477A8 #9724A8

split-complementary

#A85524 #24A897 #2435A8

monochromatic

#43220E #763C19 #A85524 #D47035 #DF9468

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#A85524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#A85524 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85524

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85524	1.00	5.26	3.99	5.26
#FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D601E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817322

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8434B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.125 48.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88662',
    500: '#a85524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85524;
$custom-light: #c88662;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.273,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54217,
    "c": 0.12503,
    "h": 48
  },
  "luminance": 0.14949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85524

secondary

#63A0C4

accent

#A9E840

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAEFEA

border

#D3CAC6

text

#140B05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85524

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

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