#A85A35#A85A35

#A85A35 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.114 H 44.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85A35
RGB	rgb(168, 90, 53)
HSL	hsl(19, 52%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(19, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.4%, 68.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.84, 28.75, 35.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.84, 45.33, 50.64°)
OKLab	oklab(55.25% 0.0809 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(55.25% 0.114 44.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.4490, 15.8965, 5.3589)
Luminance	0.1589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85A35 #3583A8

analogous

#A8354A #A85A35 #A89335

triadic

#A85A35 #35A85A #5A35A8

tetradic

#A85A35 #4AA835 #3583A8 #9335A8

square

#A85A35 #4AA835 #3583A8 #9335A8

split-complementary

#A85A35 #35A893 #354AA8

monochromatic

#4B2818 #794126 #A85A35 #C87852 #D79C80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#A85A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#A85A35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85A35

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85A35	1.00	5.03	4.18	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827634

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84B52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 90, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.114 44.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78a6d',
    500: '#a85a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85a35;
$custom-light: #c78a6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.304,
    "s": 52.036,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55246,
    "c": 0.11422,
    "h": 44.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85A35

secondary

#78A9C0

accent

#ADDB4C

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EC

border

#D2CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85A35

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

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