#A85538#A85538

#A85538 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.117 H 39.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85538
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 56)
HSL	hsl(16, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(16, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 66.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.78, 31.64, 32.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.78, 45.11, 45.46°)
OKLab	oklab(54.45% 0.0903 0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(54.45% 0.117 39.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.1125, 15.1097, 5.5979)
Luminance	0.1511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85538 #388BA8

analogous

#A83853 #A85538 #A88D38

triadic

#A85538 #38A855 #5538A8

tetradic

#A85538 #53A838 #388BA8 #8D38A8

square

#A85538 #53A838 #388BA8 #8D38A8

split-complementary

#A85538 #38A88D #3853A8

monochromatic

#4C2719 #7A3E29 #A85538 #C77456 #D69984

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#A85538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#A85538 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85538

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85538	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)

#6B6135

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8454E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.117 39.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7866f',
    500: '#a85538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85538;
$custom-light: #c7866f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.536,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54452,
    "c": 0.11722,
    "h": 39.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85538

secondary

#7CAEC0

accent

#B5DA4E

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9EFEC

border

#D2CAC7

text

#140B07

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85538

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

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