#A85541#A85541

#A85541 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.114 H 34.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85541
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 65)
HSL	hsl(12, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(12, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 61.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.91, 32.26, 27.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.91, 42.17, 40.09°)
OKLab	oklab(54.59% 0.0937 0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(54.59% 0.114 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.3527, 15.2058, 6.8632)
Luminance	0.1520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85541 #4194A8

analogous

#A84161 #A85541 #A88841

triadic

#A85541 #41A855 #5541A8

tetradic

#A85541 #61A841 #4194A8 #8841A8

square

#A85541 #61A841 #4194A8 #8841A8

split-complementary

#A85541 #41A888 #4161A8

monochromatic

#50281F #7C3F30 #A85541 #C37663 #D49D90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#A85541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#A85541 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85541

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85541	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)

#6A623F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B74650

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.114 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78676',
    500: '#a85541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85541;
$custom-light: #c78676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.65,
    "s": 44.206,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54594,
    "c": 0.11396,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85541

secondary

#86B4BF

accent

#BBD454

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9EFED

border

#D2CAC8

text

#140B08

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85541

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

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