#A85537#A85537

#A85537 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.118 H 40.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85537
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 55)
HSL	hsl(16, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(16, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 67.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.77, 31.58, 32.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.77, 45.46, 46.00°)
OKLab	oklab(54.44% 0.0899 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(54.44% 0.118 40.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.0883, 15.1000, 5.4704)
Luminance	0.1510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85537 #378AA8

analogous

#A83751 #A85537 #A88D37

triadic

#A85537 #37A855 #5537A8

tetradic

#A85537 #51A837 #378AA8 #8D37A8

square

#A85537 #51A837 #378AA8 #8D37A8

split-complementary

#A85537 #37A88D #3751A8

monochromatic

#4C2619 #7A3E28 #A85537 #C77355 #D69983

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#A85537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#A85537 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85537

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85537	1.00	5.22	4.02	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8454E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.118 40.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7866f',
    500: '#a85537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85537;
$custom-light: #c7866f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.929,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54438,
    "c": 0.11761,
    "h": 40.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85537

secondary

#7BAEC0

accent

#B5DA4E

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9EFEC

border

#D2CAC7

text

#140B07

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85537

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

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