#A85B35#A85B35

#A85B35 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.113 H 45.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85B35
RGB	rgb(168, 91, 53)
HSL	hsl(20, 52%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(20, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.8%, 68.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.06, 28.20, 35.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.06, 45.19, 51.38°)
OKLab	oklab(55.42% 0.0792 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(55.42% 0.113 45.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.5339, 16.0663, 5.3872)
Luminance	0.1606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85B35 #3582A8

analogous

#A83548 #A85B35 #A89435

triadic

#A85B35 #35A85B #5B35A8

tetradic

#A85B35 #48A835 #3582A8 #9435A8

square

#A85B35 #48A835 #3582A8 #9435A8

split-complementary

#A85B35 #35A894 #3548A8

monochromatic

#4B2918 #794226 #A85B35 #C87952 #D79D80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#A85B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#A85B35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85B35

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85B35	1.00	4.98	4.21	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837634

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84C52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 91, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.113 45.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78a6d',
    500: '#a85b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85b35;
$custom-light: #c78a6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.826,
    "s": 52.036,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55417,
    "c": 0.11344,
    "h": 45.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85B35

secondary

#78A9C0

accent

#ACDB4C

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EC

border

#D2CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85B35

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

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