#A0551D#A0551D

#A0551D is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.119 H 52.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0551D
RGB	rgb(160, 85, 29)
HSL	hsl(26, 69%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(26, 82%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.9%, 81.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.32, 26.96, 44.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.32, 51.66, 58.54°)
OKLab	oklab(53% 0.0722 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(53% 0.119 52.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.9692, 14.0614, 2.9300)
Luminance	0.1406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0551D #1D68A0

analogous

#A01D27 #A0551D #A0971D

triadic

#A0551D #1DA055 #551DA0

tetradic

#A0551D #27A01D #1D68A0 #971DA0

square

#A0551D #27A01D #1D68A0 #971DA0

split-complementary

#A0551D #1DA097 #1D27A0

monochromatic

#381E0A #6C3914 #A0551D #D47126 #E19257

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#A0551D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#A0551D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A0551D

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0551D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A0551D	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B5E14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D6F1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0454A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0551d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 85, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.119 52.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2865e',
    500: '#a0551d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0551d;
$custom-light: #c2865e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0551d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.649,
    "s": 69.312,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53002,
    "c": 0.11939,
    "h": 52.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0551D

secondary

#5594C4

accent

#A1EC3C

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F9EFE9

border

#D2CAC5

text

#140B04

muted

#827C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0551D

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

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