#A55227#A55227

#A55227 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.123 H 45.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55227
RGB	rgb(165, 82, 39)
HSL	hsl(20, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(20, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 76.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.49, 31.10, 39.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.49, 50.47, 51.96°)
OKLab	oklab(53.31% 0.0859 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(53.31% 0.123 45.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.9023, 14.1827, 3.6612)
Luminance	0.1418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55227 #277AA5

analogous

#A5273B #A55227 #A59127

triadic

#A55227 #27A552 #5227A5

tetradic

#A55227 #3BA527 #277AA5 #9127A5

square

#A55227 #3BA527 #277AA5 #9127A5

split-complementary

#A55227 #27A591 #273BA5

monochromatic

#422110 #74391B #A55227 #D06D39 #DC916A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#A55227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#A55227 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55227

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55227	1.00	5.47	3.84	5.47
#FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695E22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7025

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B54049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 82, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.123 45.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68464',
    500: '#a55227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55227;
$custom-light: #c68464;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.476,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53313,
    "c": 0.123,
    "h": 45.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55227

secondary

#66A3C2

accent

#AEE543

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#140B05

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55227

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

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