#A55436#A55436

#A55436 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.115 H 40.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55436
RGB	rgb(165, 84, 54)
HSL	hsl(16, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(16, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.1%, 67.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.09, 30.83, 32.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.09, 44.69, 46.38°)
OKLab	oklab(53.83% 0.0877 0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(53.83% 0.115 40.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.3549, 14.6085, 5.2898)
Luminance	0.1461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55436 #3687A5

analogous

#A53650 #A55436 #A58B36

triadic

#A55436 #36A554 #5436A5

tetradic

#A55436 #50A536 #3687A5 #8B36A5

square

#A55436 #50A536 #3687A5 #8B36A5

split-complementary

#A55436 #36A58B #3650A5

monochromatic

#492518 #773D27 #A55436 #C67152 #D59780

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#A55436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#A55436 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55436

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55436	1.00	5.36	3.92	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4444D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 84, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.115 40.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5856e',
    500: '#a55436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55436;
$custom-light: #c5856e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.216,
    "s": 50.685,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53825,
    "c": 0.11544,
    "h": 40.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55436

secondary

#78ACBF

accent

#B4DA4E

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9EFEC

border

#D2CAC7

text

#140B07

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55436

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

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