#A85642#A85642

#A85642 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.113 H 34.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85642
RGB	rgb(168, 86, 66)
HSL	hsl(12, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(12, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.8%, 60.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.14, 31.80, 26.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.14, 41.62, 40.19°)
OKLab	oklab(54.78% 0.0925 0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(54.78% 0.113 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.4613, 15.3760, 7.0435)
Luminance	0.1537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85642 #4294A8

analogous

#A84261 #A85642 #A88942

triadic

#A85642 #42A856 #5642A8

tetradic

#A85642 #61A842 #4294A8 #8942A8

square

#A85642 #61A842 #4294A8 #8942A8

split-complementary

#A85642 #42A889 #4261A8

monochromatic

#50291F #7C4031 #A85642 #C27765 #D49E91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#A85642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#A85642 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85642

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85642	1.00	5.15	4.07	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B74851

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 86, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.113 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78776',
    500: '#a85642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85642;
$custom-light: #c78776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.765,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54775,
    "c": 0.1126,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85642

secondary

#87B4BF

accent

#BAD354

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9F0ED

border

#D2CBC8

text

#140B08

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85642

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

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