#A5551F#A5551F

#A5551F is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.124 H 50.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5551F
RGB	rgb(165, 85, 31)
HSL	hsl(24, 68%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(24, 81%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.5%, 81.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.08, 29.16, 44.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.08, 52.92, 56.56°)
OKLab	oklab(53.74% 0.0787 0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(53.74% 0.124 50.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.0147, 14.5975, 3.1123)
Luminance	0.1459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5551F #1F6FA5

analogous

#A51F2C #A5551F #A5981F

triadic

#A5551F #1FA555 #551FA5

tetradic

#A5551F #2CA51F #1F6FA5 #981FA5

square

#A5551F #2CA51F #1F6FA5 #981FA5

split-complementary

#A5551F #1FA598 #1F2CA5

monochromatic

#3E200C #713A15 #A5551F #D7702A #E1925E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#A5551F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#A5551F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A5551F

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5551F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A5551F	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)

#6C6017

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F721E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5444A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5551f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 85, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.124 50.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6865f',
    500: '#a5551f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5551f;
$custom-light: #c6865f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5551f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.179,
    "s": 68.367,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53738,
    "c": 0.12373,
    "h": 50.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5551F

secondary

#5B9AC5

accent

#A5EB3D

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAEFE9

border

#D3CAC5

text

#140B05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5551F

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

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