#A85540#A85540

#A85540 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.114 H 35.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85540
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 64)
HSL	hsl(12, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(12, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 61.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.90, 32.19, 27.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.90, 42.48, 40.73°)
OKLab	oklab(54.58% 0.0933 0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(54.58% 0.114 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.3240, 15.1943, 6.7120)
Luminance	0.1519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85540 #4093A8

analogous

#A8405F #A85540 #A88940

triadic

#A85540 #40A855 #5540A8

tetradic

#A85540 #5FA840 #4093A8 #8940A8

square

#A85540 #5FA840 #4093A8 #8940A8

split-complementary

#A85540 #40A889 #405FA8

monochromatic

#4F281E #7C3F2F #A85540 #C37662 #D49C8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#A85540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#A85540 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85540

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85540	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A623E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E743F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B74650

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.114 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78675',
    500: '#a85540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85540;
$custom-light: #c78675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.115,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54577,
    "c": 0.1143,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85540

secondary

#85B3BF

accent

#BAD553

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9EFED

border

#D2CAC8

text

#140B08

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85540

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

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