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#835530

a dark, vivid orange · warm · closest name: Saddle Brown

Token name suggestion: Dusk Amber

RGB
131, 85, 48
HSL
27°, 46%, 35%
CMYK
0, 35, 63, 49
Luminance
0.1154

#835530 is a dark vivid orange, 27° on the wheel and 2/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (6.35:1). As text it scores 6.35:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Saddle Brown, nearest Tailwind family is stone.

hsl(27 46% 35%)rgb(131 85 48)Base step 800AA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #835530 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#835530
Hue
27°
orange
Saturation
46%
vivid
Lightness
35%
dark
Brightness
51%
HSV value
Perceived
38%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1154
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
2/100 cool
Color family
Orange
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
White
6.35:1
Closest name
Saddle Brown
ΔE2000 6.8
Chroma
32.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.492
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
stone
500 · ΔE 17.9
Web-safe
#996633
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue27° of 360°
Saturation46%
Lightness35%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #835530.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool2% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red42%
Green56%
Blue2%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#835530
HEX (8-digit)#835530ff
RGBrgb(131, 85, 48)
RGBArgba(131, 85, 48, 1)
HSLhsl(27, 46%, 35%)
HSV / HSBhsv(27, 63%, 51%)
HWBhwb(27 19% 49%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 35%, 63%, 49%)
LABlab(40.5 15.2 29.1)
LCHlch(40.5 32.8 62.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.492 0.080 58.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(13.14, 11.54, 4.33)
Decimal8607024
Display P3color(display-p3 0.514 0.333 0.188)
Web-safe#996633

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #835530;
background-color: #835530;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #835530;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#835530] bg-[#835530]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #835530;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.514, green: 0.333, blue: 0.188)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.514, green: 0.333, blue: 0.188, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#835530</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF835530)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF835530)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(48, 85, 131)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(131, 85, 48)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(131, 85, 48)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 131, 85, 48)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.5137f, 0.3333f, 0.1882f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{131,85,48}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #835530 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #835530 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#5D3C22, #EEDFD3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #835530 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FAF7F5;
  --brand-100: #F5EFEA;
  --brand-200: #EBDCD0;
  --brand-300: #E1C4AD;
  --brand-400: #D2A784;
  --brand-500: #C3895B;
  --brand-600: #B37442;
  --brand-700: #956137;
  --brand-800: #835530;
  --brand-900: #573A23;
  --brand-950: #372416;
  --brand: #835530;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #FAF7F4;
  --brand-border: #E9D4C3;
  --brand-hover: #694426;
  --brand-pressed: #4F331D;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241B14;
    --brand-ink: #EEDFD3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAF7F5',
        100: '#F5EFEA',
        200: '#EBDCD0',
        300: '#E1C4AD',
        400: '#D2A784',
        500: '#C3895B',
        600: '#B37442',
        700: '#956137',
        800: '#835530',
        900: '#573A23',
        950: '#372416',
        DEFAULT: '#835530',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAF7F5,
  '100': #F5EFEA,
  '200': #EBDCD0,
  '300': #E1C4AD,
  '400': #D2A784,
  '500': #C3895B,
  '600': #B37442,
  '700': #956137,
  '800': #835530,
  '900': #573A23,
  '950': #372416,
);
$brand-base: #835530;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAF7F5", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F5EFEA", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#EBDCD0", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E1C4AD", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#D2A784", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#C3895B", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#B37442", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#956137", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#835530", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#573A23", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#372416", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#ffffff", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#ffffff on #835530 · 6.35:1
Use #ffffffAA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 6.35:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 3.31:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #835530 as text scores 6.35:1 on white and 3.31:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #F8F2EC at 5.72:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#835530 · 6.35:1
AA on whitealready passes
#835530
The quick fox
#784E2C · 7.18:1
AAA on white−3% L
#784E2C
The quick fox
#A1683B · 4.56:1
AA on black+8% L
#A1683B
The quick fox
#C3895B · 7.05:1
AAA on black+21% L
#C3895B

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #835530 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#835530 on white: 6.35:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#835530 on black: 3.31:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #835530 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #835530.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White6.35:1AaAa
Slate 506.07:1AaAa
Slate 1005.80:1AaAa
Slate 2005.15:1AaAa
Slate 3004.28:1AaAa
Slate 4002.48:1AaAa
Slate 5001.33:1AaAa
Slate 6001.19:1AaAa
Slate 7001.63:1AaAa
Slate 8002.30:1AaAa
Slate 9002.81:1AaAa
Black3.31:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #63592D
deuteranopia · #6E6330
tritanopia · #8F4B4C

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #835530 is pinned to step 800; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FAF7F5
#F5EFEA
#EBDCD0
#E1C4AD
#D2A784
#C3895B
#B37442
#956137
#835530
#573A23
#372416
Base = 800Lightest = 50 · #FAF7F5Darkest = 950 · #372416Text step on white = 700
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.020 58.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.032 58.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.048 58.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.063 58.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.074 58.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.080 58.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.080 58.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.075 58.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.067 58.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.056 58.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.044 58.2);
}

Colors that work with #835530

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#ffffff
White wins here
Surface#FAF7F4
Tinted page background
Border#E9D4C3
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B6E4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#2C7587
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#5D3C22
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F8F2EC
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241B14
Dark-mode background
Hover#694426
One step down in lightness
Pressed#4F331D
Two steps down
Disabled#AA8F7A
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#9C5E2B
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #835530

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Black text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Any size
Safe as a fill behind white type
Yes
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

friendlyenergeticaffordablesocial

Orange is red with the aggression taken out — approachable, active, and strongly associated with buying and doing.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The low lightness adds weight and formality.

Worth knowing

Hard to make feel premium, and it collides with the "caution" band in status systems.

Reads as
  • FormalityHigh
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight65/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#305E83
Analogous left#833035
Analogous right#837E30
Split-complement 1#30837E
Split-complement 2#303583
Triadic 1#308355
Triadic 2#553083
Tetradic#358330
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°27°

#835530 sits at 27°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red51.4%
Green33.3%
Blue18.8%
R · 0–255
131
0x83
G · 0–255
85
0x55
B · 0–255
48
0x30

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta35.1%
Yellow63.4%
Key (black)48.6%

Total ink coverage is 147%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#835530 text on a black background

contrast 3.31:1

Card sample

#835530 text on a white background

contrast 6.35:1

Card sample

#835530 on grey

5.80:1

#835530 on its own surface

5.95:1

#835530 on its dark surface

2.66:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #835530;
Background color
Panel with #835530 background
background-color: #835530;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #835530;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(131, 85, 48, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(131, 85, 48, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #835530;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #835530, #7A8330);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #835530, #658330);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #835530;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #835530;
caret-color: #835530;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #835530;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F8F2EC;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #835530;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#835530 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #835530 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(131, 85, 48, 0.5)
rgb(131 85 48 / 50%)
#83553080
hsl(27 46% 35% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #835530 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#8355301a#F3EEEA
20%#83553033#E6DDD6
40%#83553066#CDBBAC
60%#83553099#B59983
80%#835530cc#9C7759

Gradients from #835530

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #B07240, #835530 45%, #5D3C22);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #835530, #5F6D28);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #835530, #305E83);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #BF8150 0%, #835530 45%, #5D3C22 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF7F4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #A83E4C 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #979938 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #5D3C22 0%, transparent 65%), #835530;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #835530

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#835530 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
E-commerceFood deliveryLogisticsCreator tools
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Too dim on dark surfaces at 3.31:1 — lift it to #A1683B for body text, or reserve it for fills.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#835530, answered

What color is #835530?

#835530 is a dark vivid orange, closest to Saddle Brown (ΔE2000 6.8). It sits at 27° on the hue wheel with 46% saturation and 35% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #835530?

rgb(131, 85, 48) — 131 red, 85 green and 48 blue out of 255, or 51.4% / 33.3% / 18.8% by channel.

What is #835530 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(27, 46%, 35%) and hsv(27, 63%, 51%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #835530 a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.1154 and perceived brightness is 38%, so white text on it reaches 6.35:1.

Should I use black or white text on #835530?

White. It scores 6.35:1 against #835530, versus 3.31:1 for black — AA at any size.

Is #835530 accessible on a white background?

#835530 on white scores 6.35:1, which clears AA at every size but not AAA.

What is the complementary color of #835530?

#305E83 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #30837E and #303583, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #835530?

For interface work: #FAF7F4 as the surface, #E9D4C3 for borders, #9B6E4B for secondary text, #2C7587 as an accent and #5D3C22 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #833035 and #837E30 stays calm, while #305E83 is the loudest partner.

What is #835530 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 35%, 63%, 49%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #835530 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 2 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #966037; nudged cooler, #85352E.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #835530?

The stone family — its 500 step is #78716c, ΔE2000 17.9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #835530 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #835530 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#835530] or text-[#835530], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #835530 with 50% opacity?

rgba(131, 85, 48, 0.5), or #83553080 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #C1AA98; over black, #422B18.

Is #835530 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #996633, ΔE2000 7.5 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #835530 mean?

As a orange, it reads friendly, energetic, affordable. Orange is red with the aggression taken out — approachable, active, and strongly associated with buying and doing. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #835530?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #B07240, #835530 45%, #5D3C22). For more colour, a short hue run to #5F6D28 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #835530 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #835530 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.