#A85E35#A85E35

#A85E35 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.111 H 48.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85E35
RGB	rgb(168, 94, 53)
HSL	hsl(21, 52%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(21, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44%, 68.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.74, 26.55, 36.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.74, 44.79, 53.65°)
OKLab	oklab(55.94% 0.0742 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(55.94% 0.111 48.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.7955, 16.5895, 5.4744)
Luminance	0.1659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85E35 #357FA8

analogous

#A83546 #A85E35 #A89735

triadic

#A85E35 #35A85E #5E35A8

tetradic

#A85E35 #46A835 #357FA8 #9735A8

square

#A85E35 #46A835 #357FA8 #9735A8

split-complementary

#A85E35 #35A897 #3546A8

monochromatic

#4B2A18 #794426 #A85E35 #C87C52 #D79F80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#A85E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#A85E35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85E35

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85E35	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 94, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.111 48.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78c6e',
    500: '#a85e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85e35;
$custom-light: #c78c6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.391,
    "s": 52.036,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55937,
    "c": 0.11124,
    "h": 48.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85E35

secondary

#78A7C0

accent

#A8DB4C

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EC

border

#D2CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85E35

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

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