#A55438#A55438

#A55438 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.115 H 39.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A55438
RGBrgb(165, 84, 56)
HSLhsl(15, 49%, 43%)
HSVhsv(15, 66%, 65%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 49.1%, 66.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LABlab(45.12, 30.96, 31.26)
CIE-LCHlch(45.12, 43.99, 45.28°)
OKLaboklab(53.85% 0.0885 0.073)
OKLCHoklch(53.85% 0.115 39.5)
XYZxyz(19.4028, 14.6277, 5.5423)
Luminance0.1463 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A55438 #3889A5
analogous
#A53852 #A55438 #A58A38
triadic
#A55438 #38A554 #5438A5
tetradic
#A55438 #52A538 #3889A5 #8A38A5
square
#A55438 #52A538 #3889A5 #8A38A5
split-complementary
#A55438 #38A58A #3852A5
monochromatic
#4A2519 #773D28 #A55438 #C57255 #D59883

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35
#A55438 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93
#A55438 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55438
5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A55438#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##A554381.005.353.935.35
#FFFFFF5.351.0021.001.00
#0000003.9321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.351.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#696035
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7D7237
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B4454D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a55438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 84, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.115 39.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5856f',
    500: '#a55438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a55438;
$custom-light: #c5856f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a55438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.413,
    "s": 49.321,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53854,
    "c": 0.11465,
    "h": 39.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A55438
secondary
#7AADBE
accent
#B5D94F
background
#FCF8F6
surface
#F9EFEC
border
#D2CAC7
text
#140B07
muted
#827C7A

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#A55438 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva