#A85543#A85543

#A85543 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.113 H 33.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85543
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 67)
HSL	hsl(11, 43%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(11, 60%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 60.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.95, 32.41, 26.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.95, 41.57, 38.77°)
OKLab	oklab(54.63% 0.0945 0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(54.63% 0.113 33.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.4117, 15.2294, 7.1737)
Luminance	0.1523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85543 #4396A8

analogous

#A84363 #A85543 #A88743

triadic

#A85543 #43A855 #5543A8

tetradic

#A85543 #63A843 #4396A8 #8743A8

square

#A85543 #63A843 #4396A8 #8743A8

split-complementary

#A85543 #43A887 #4363A8

monochromatic

#502920 #7C3F32 #A85543 #C27766 #D39E92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#A85543 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#A85543 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85543

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85543	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85543	1.00	5.19	4.05	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6241

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B74751

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85543;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.113 33.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78677',
    500: '#a85543',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85543;
$custom-light: #c78677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85543",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.693,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54629,
    "c": 0.1133,
    "h": 33.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85543

secondary

#88B5BF

accent

#BCD355

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9EFED

border

#D2CAC8

text

#140B08

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85543

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →