#A85539#A85539

#A85539 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.117 H 39.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85539
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 57)
HSL	hsl(15, 49%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(15, 66%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 66.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.80, 31.70, 31.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.80, 44.77, 44.91°)
OKLab	oklab(54.47% 0.0906 0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(54.47% 0.117 39.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.1372, 15.1196, 5.7280)
Luminance	0.1512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85539 #398CA8

analogous

#A83955 #A85539 #A88D39

triadic

#A85539 #39A855 #5539A8

tetradic

#A85539 #55A839 #398CA8 #8D39A8

square

#A85539 #55A839 #398CA8 #8D39A8

split-complementary

#A85539 #39A88D #3955A8

monochromatic

#4D271A #7A3E29 #A85539 #C67458 #D69A86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#A85539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#A85539 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85539

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85539	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)

#6B6136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8454E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.117 39.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78670',
    500: '#a85539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85539;
$custom-light: #c78670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.135,
    "s": 49.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54467,
    "c": 0.11684,
    "h": 39.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85539

secondary

#7DAFC0

accent

#B6D94F

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9EFEC

border

#D2CAC7

text

#140B07

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85539

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

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