#A85641#A85641

#A85641 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.113 H 35.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85641
RGB	rgb(168, 86, 65)
HSL	hsl(12, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(12, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.8%, 61.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.13, 31.72, 27.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.13, 41.93, 40.84°)
OKLab	oklab(54.76% 0.0921 0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(54.76% 0.113 35.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.4320, 15.3643, 6.8896)
Luminance	0.1536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85641 #4193A8

analogous

#A8415F #A85641 #A88941

triadic

#A85641 #41A856 #5641A8

tetradic

#A85641 #5FA841 #4193A8 #8941A8

square

#A85641 #5FA841 #4193A8 #8941A8

split-complementary

#A85641 #41A889 #415FA8

monochromatic

#50291F #7C3F30 #A85641 #C37763 #D49D90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#A85641 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#A85641 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85641

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85641	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85641	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B623F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B74751

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85641;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 86, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.113 35.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78776',
    500: '#a85641',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85641;
$custom-light: #c78776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85641",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.233,
    "s": 44.206,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54757,
    "c": 0.11295,
    "h": 35.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85641

secondary

#86B3BF

accent

#BAD454

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9F0ED

border

#D2CBC8

text

#140B08

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85641

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

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