#A85525#A85525

#A85525 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.125 H 47.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85525
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 37)
HSL	hsl(22, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(22, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 78%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.58, 30.65, 41.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.58, 51.98, 53.87°)
OKLab	oklab(54.23% 0.0839 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(54.23% 0.125 47.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.7328, 14.9578, 3.5979)
Luminance	0.1495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85525 #2578A8

analogous

#A82536 #A85525 #A89625

triadic

#A85525 #25A855 #5525A8

tetradic

#A85525 #36A825 #2578A8 #9625A8

square

#A85525 #36A825 #2578A8 #9625A8

split-complementary

#A85525 #25A896 #2536A8

monochromatic

#44220F #763C1A #A85525 #D37037 #DE9469

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#A85525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#A85525 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85525

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85525	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)

#6D601F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817323

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8434B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.125 47.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c88663',
    500: '#a85525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85525;
$custom-light: #c88663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.985,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54227,
    "c": 0.12467,
    "h": 47.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85525

secondary

#65A1C4

accent

#AAE741

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#140B05

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85525

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

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