#A85532#A85532

#A85532 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.120 H 42.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85532
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 50)
HSL	hsl(18, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(18, 70%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 70.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.71, 31.28, 35.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.71, 47.24, 48.53°)
OKLab	oklab(54.37% 0.0881 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(54.37% 0.12 42.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.9745, 15.0545, 4.8709)
Luminance	0.1505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85532 #3285A8

analogous

#A8324A #A85532 #A89032

triadic

#A85532 #32A855 #5532A8

tetradic

#A85532 #4AA832 #3285A8 #9032A8

square

#A85532 #4AA832 #3285A8 #9032A8

split-complementary

#A85532 #32A890 #324AA8

monochromatic

#4A2516 #793D24 #A85532 #CA724D #D8987C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.24

#A85532 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#A85532 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85532

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85532	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85532	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)

#6C612E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8444D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85532;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.120 42.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8866b',
    500: '#a85532',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85532;
$custom-light: #c8866b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85532",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.797,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5437,
    "c": 0.11958,
    "h": 42.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85532

secondary

#75AAC1

accent

#B2DD4A

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#140B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85532

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

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