#A55421#A55421

#A55421 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.124 H 49.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55421
RGB	rgb(165, 84, 33)
HSL	hsl(23, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(23, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.1%, 80%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.87, 29.78, 43.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.87, 52.34, 55.33°)
OKLab	oklab(53.59% 0.0809 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(53.59% 0.124 49.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.9637, 14.4521, 3.2294)
Luminance	0.1445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55421 #2172A5

analogous

#A52130 #A55421 #A59621

triadic

#A55421 #21A554 #5421A5

tetradic

#A55421 #30A521 #2172A5 #9621A5

square

#A55421 #30A521 #2172A5 #9621A5

split-complementary

#A55421 #21A596 #2130A5

monochromatic

#3F200D #723A17 #A55421 #D56F2E #DF9261

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#A55421 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#A55421 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55421

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55421	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55421	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B5F1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7120

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5424A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55421;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 84, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.124 49.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68560',
    500: '#a55421',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55421;
$custom-light: #c68560;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55421",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.182,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53587,
    "c": 0.12372,
    "h": 49.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55421

secondary

#5E9DC4

accent

#A7EA3E

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAEFEA

border

#D3CAC6

text

#140B05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55421

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

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