#A55021#A55021

#A55021 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.127 H 46.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55021
RGB	rgb(165, 80, 33)
HSL	hsl(21, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(21, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.5%, 80%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.02, 31.92, 42.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.02, 52.93, 52.90°)
OKLab	oklab(52.93% 0.0874 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(52.93% 0.127 46.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.6621, 13.8488, 3.1289)
Luminance	0.1385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55021 #2176A5

analogous

#A52134 #A55021 #A59221

triadic

#A55021 #21A550 #5021A5

tetradic

#A55021 #34A521 #2176A5 #9221A5

square

#A55021 #34A521 #2176A5 #9221A5

split-complementary

#A55021 #21A592 #2134A5

monochromatic

#3F1F0D #723717 #A55021 #D56A2E #DF8E61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#A55021 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#A55021 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55021

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55021	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55021	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685C1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D6F1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B53D46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55021;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 80, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.127 46.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68360',
    500: '#a55021',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55021;
$custom-light: #c68360;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55021",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.364,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5293,
    "c": 0.12674,
    "h": 46.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55021

secondary

#5EA0C4

accent

#ADEA3E

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAEFE9

border

#D3CAC5

text

#140B05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55021

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

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