#A55022#A55022

#A55022 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.126 H 46.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55022
RGB	rgb(165, 80, 34)
HSL	hsl(21, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(21, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.5%, 79.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.02, 31.96, 41.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.02, 52.58, 52.56°)
OKLab	oklab(52.94% 0.0876 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(52.94% 0.126 46.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.6763, 13.8545, 3.2038)
Luminance	0.1385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55022 #2277A5

analogous

#A52235 #A55022 #A59222

triadic

#A55022 #22A550 #5022A5

tetradic

#A55022 #35A522 #2277A5 #9222A5

square

#A55022 #35A522 #2277A5 #9222A5

split-complementary

#A55022 #22A592 #2235A5

monochromatic

#401F0D #723718 #A55022 #D46A30 #DF8E63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#A55022 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#A55022 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55022

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55022	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55022	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)

#685C1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D6F20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B53E46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55022;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 80, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.126 46.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68360',
    500: '#a55022',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55022;
$custom-light: #c68360;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55022",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.069,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52939,
    "c": 0.12639,
    "h": 46.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55022

secondary

#5FA0C4

accent

#ADE93F

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAEFEA

border

#D3CAC6

text

#140B05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55022

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

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