#A85835#A85835

#A85835 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.116 H 43.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85835
RGB	rgb(168, 88, 53)
HSL	hsl(18, 52%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(18, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.6%, 68.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.40, 29.84, 34.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.40, 45.64, 49.18°)
OKLab	oklab(54.91% 0.0842 0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(54.91% 0.116 43.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.2825, 15.5636, 5.3034)
Luminance	0.1556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85835 #3585A8

analogous

#A8354B #A85835 #A89135

triadic

#A85835 #35A858 #5835A8

tetradic

#A85835 #4BA835 #3585A8 #9135A8

square

#A85835 #4BA835 #3585A8 #9135A8

split-complementary

#A85835 #35A891 #354BA8

monochromatic

#4B2718 #794026 #A85835 #C87652 #D79B80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#A85835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#A85835 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85835

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85835	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6331

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 88, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.116 43.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7886d',
    500: '#a85835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85835;
$custom-light: #c7886d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.261,
    "s": 52.036,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54908,
    "c": 0.11583,
    "h": 43.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85835

secondary

#78AAC0

accent

#B0DB4C

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EB

border

#D2CBC6

text

#140B07

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85835

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

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