#A55231#A55231

#A55231 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.119 H 41.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55231
RGB	rgb(165, 82, 49)
HSL	hsl(17, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(17, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 70.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.60, 31.61, 34.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.60, 46.84, 47.56°)
OKLab	oklab(53.43% 0.0892 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(53.43% 0.119 41.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.0904, 14.2579, 4.6519)
Luminance	0.1426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55231 #3184A5

analogous

#A5314A #A55231 #A58C31

triadic

#A55231 #31A552 #5231A5

tetradic

#A55231 #4AA531 #3184A5 #8C31A5

square

#A55231 #4AA531 #3184A5 #8C31A5

split-complementary

#A55231 #31A58C #314AA5

monochromatic

#472315 #763B23 #A55231 #C96E4A #D79479

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#A55231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#A55231 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55231

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55231	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D712F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5414B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 82, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.119 41.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5846a',
    500: '#a55231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55231;
$custom-light: #c5846a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.069,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53428,
    "c": 0.11917,
    "h": 41.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55231

secondary

#72AAC0

accent

#B4DE4A

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9EFEB

border

#D2CAC6

text

#140B06

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55231

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

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