#A85D35#A85D35

#A85D35 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.112 H 47.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85D35
RGB	rgb(168, 93, 53)
HSL	hsl(21, 52%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(21, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.6%, 68.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.51, 27.10, 35.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.51, 44.92, 52.89°)
OKLab	oklab(55.76% 0.0759 0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(55.76% 0.112 47.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.7071, 16.4128, 5.4450)
Luminance	0.1641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85D35 #3580A8

analogous

#A83546 #A85D35 #A89635

triadic

#A85D35 #35A85D #5D35A8

tetradic

#A85D35 #46A835 #3580A8 #9635A8

square

#A85D35 #46A835 #3580A8 #9635A8

split-complementary

#A85D35 #35A896 #3546A8

monochromatic

#4B2918 #794326 #A85D35 #C87B52 #D79F80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#A85D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#A85D35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85D35

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85D35	1.00	4.90	4.28	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847734

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 93, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.112 47.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78c6e',
    500: '#a85d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85d35;
$custom-light: #c78c6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.87,
    "s": 52.036,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55763,
    "c": 0.11195,
    "h": 47.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85D35

secondary

#78A7C0

accent

#AADB4C

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EC

border

#D2CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85D35

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

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