#A85531#A85531

#A85531 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.120 H 43.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85531
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 49)
HSL	hsl(18, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(18, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 70.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.70, 31.23, 35.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.70, 47.60, 49.00°)
OKLab	oklab(54.36% 0.0877 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(54.36% 0.12 43)
XYZ	xyz(19.9531, 15.0459, 4.7585)
Luminance	0.1504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85531 #3184A8

analogous

#A83149 #A85531 #A89031

triadic

#A85531 #31A855 #5531A8

tetradic

#A85531 #49A831 #3184A8 #9031A8

square

#A85531 #49A831 #3184A8 #9031A8

split-complementary

#A85531 #31A890 #3149A8

monochromatic

#492515 #793D23 #A85531 #CB724C #D8977B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.24

#A85531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#A85531 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85531

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85531	1.00	5.24	4.01	5.24
#FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C612D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807330

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8444D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.120 43.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8866a',
    500: '#a85531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85531;
$custom-light: #c8866a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.151,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54357,
    "c": 0.11998,
    "h": 43
  },
  "luminance": 0.15044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85531

secondary

#74AAC1

accent

#B1DE4A

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#140B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85531

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

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