#A85C35#A85C35

#A85C35 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.113 H 46.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85C35
RGB	rgb(168, 92, 53)
HSL	hsl(20, 52%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(20, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.2%, 68.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.29, 27.65, 35.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.29, 45.05, 52.13°)
OKLab	oklab(55.59% 0.0775 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(55.59% 0.113 46.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.6199, 16.2384, 5.4159)
Luminance	0.1624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85C35 #3581A8

analogous

#A83547 #A85C35 #A89535

triadic

#A85C35 #35A85C #5C35A8

tetradic

#A85C35 #47A835 #3581A8 #9535A8

square

#A85C35 #47A835 #3581A8 #9535A8

split-complementary

#A85C35 #35A895 #3547A8

monochromatic

#4B2918 #794326 #A85C35 #C87A52 #D79E80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#A85C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#A85C35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85C35

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85C35	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837734

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84D53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 92, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.113 46.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78b6e',
    500: '#a85c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85c35;
$custom-light: #c78b6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.348,
    "s": 52.036,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55589,
    "c": 0.11269,
    "h": 46.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85C35

secondary

#78A8C0

accent

#ABDB4C

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EC

border

#D2CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85C35

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

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