#A55437#A55437

#A55437 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.115 H 40.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55437
RGB	rgb(165, 84, 55)
HSL	hsl(16, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(16, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.1%, 66.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.11, 30.89, 31.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.11, 44.34, 45.84°)
OKLab	oklab(53.84% 0.0881 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(53.84% 0.115 40)
XYZ	xyz(19.3786, 14.6180, 5.4147)
Luminance	0.1462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55437 #3788A5

analogous

#A53751 #A55437 #A58B37

triadic

#A55437 #37A554 #5437A5

tetradic

#A55437 #51A537 #3788A5 #8B37A5

square

#A55437 #51A537 #3788A5 #8B37A5

split-complementary

#A55437 #37A58B #3751A5

monochromatic

#492518 #773D28 #A55437 #C67253 #D59781

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#A55437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#A55437 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55437

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55437	1.00	5.35	3.92	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4454D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 84, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.115 40.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5856f',
    500: '#a55437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55437;
$custom-light: #c5856f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.818,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53839,
    "c": 0.11504,
    "h": 40
  },
  "luminance": 0.14616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55437

secondary

#79ACBF

accent

#B5DA4E

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9EFEC

border

#D2CAC7

text

#140B07

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55437

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

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