#A55230#A55230

#A55230 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.120 H 42.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55230
RGB	rgb(165, 82, 48)
HSL	hsl(17, 55%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(17, 71%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 70.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.59, 31.55, 35.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.59, 47.20, 48.05°)
OKLab	oklab(53.42% 0.0888 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(53.42% 0.12 42)
XYZ	xyz(19.0696, 14.2496, 4.5420)
Luminance	0.1425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55230 #3083A5

analogous

#A53049 #A55230 #A58D30

triadic

#A55230 #30A552 #5230A5

tetradic

#A55230 #49A530 #3083A5 #8D30A5

square

#A55230 #49A530 #3083A5 #8D30A5

split-complementary

#A55230 #30A58D #3049A5

monochromatic

#462314 #763A22 #A55230 #CA6E48 #D89478

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#A55230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#A55230 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55230

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55230	1.00	5.46	3.85	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695E2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D702E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5414A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 82, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.120 42.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5846a',
    500: '#a55230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55230;
$custom-light: #c5846a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.436,
    "s": 54.93,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53416,
    "c": 0.11955,
    "h": 42
  },
  "luminance": 0.14247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55230

secondary

#71A9C0

accent

#B3DE4A

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9EFEB

border

#D2CAC6

text

#140B06

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55230

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

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