#A85536#A85536

#A85536 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.118 H 40.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85536
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 54)
HSL	hsl(16, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(16, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 67.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.76, 31.52, 33.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.76, 45.81, 46.53°)
OKLab	oklab(54.42% 0.0895 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(54.42% 0.118 40.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.0646, 15.0905, 5.3454)
Luminance	0.1509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85536 #3689A8

analogous

#A83650 #A85536 #A88E36

triadic

#A85536 #36A855 #5536A8

tetradic

#A85536 #50A836 #3689A8 #8E36A8

square

#A85536 #50A836 #3689A8 #8E36A8

split-complementary

#A85536 #36A88E #3650A8

monochromatic

#4B2618 #7A3E27 #A85536 #C87353 #D79982

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#A85536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#A85536 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85536

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85536	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)

#6B6133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8454E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.118 40.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7866e',
    500: '#a85536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85536;
$custom-light: #c7866e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.316,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54424,
    "c": 0.118,
    "h": 40.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85536

secondary

#7AADC0

accent

#B4DB4D

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9EFEC

border

#D2CAC7

text

#140B07

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85536

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

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