#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
RGB	rgb(165, 84, 56)
HSL	hsl(15, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(15, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.1%, 66.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.12, 30.96, 31.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.12, 43.99, 45.28°)
OKLab	oklab(53.85% 0.0885 0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(53.85% 0.115 39.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.4028, 14.6277, 5.5423)
Luminance	0.1463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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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
##A55438	1.00	5.35	3.93	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55438

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

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