#A85535#A85535

#A85535 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.118 H 41.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85535
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 53)
HSL	hsl(17, 52%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(17, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 68.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.75, 31.46, 33.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.75, 46.16, 47.05°)
OKLab	oklab(54.41% 0.0891 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(54.41% 0.118 41.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.0413, 15.0812, 5.2230)
Luminance	0.1508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85535 #3588A8

analogous

#A8354E #A85535 #A88E35

triadic

#A85535 #35A855 #5535A8

tetradic

#A85535 #4EA835 #3588A8 #8E35A8

square

#A85535 #4EA835 #3588A8 #8E35A8

split-complementary

#A85535 #35A88E #354EA8

monochromatic

#4B2618 #793D26 #A85535 #C87352 #D79880

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#A85535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#A85535 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85535

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85535	1.00	5.23	4.02	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8454E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.118 41.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7866d',
    500: '#a85535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85535;
$custom-light: #c7866d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.696,
    "s": 52.036,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5441,
    "c": 0.11839,
    "h": 41.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85535

secondary

#78ACC0

accent

#B4DB4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#140B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85535

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

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