#A55521#A55521

#A55521 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.123 H 49.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55521
RGB	rgb(165, 85, 33)
HSL	hsl(24, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(24, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.5%, 80%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.09, 29.24, 43.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.09, 52.21, 55.95°)
OKLab	oklab(53.76% 0.0793 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(53.76% 0.123 49.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.0419, 14.6084, 3.2555)
Luminance	0.1461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55521 #2171A5

analogous

#A5212F #A55521 #A59721

triadic

#A55521 #21A555 #5521A5

tetradic

#A55521 #2FA521 #2171A5 #9721A5

square

#A55521 #2FA521 #2171A5 #9721A5

split-complementary

#A55521 #21A597 #212FA5

monochromatic

#3F200D #723B17 #A55521 #D5702E #DF9361

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#A55521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#A55521 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55521

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55521	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)

#6C601A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7220

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5444A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 85, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.123 49.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68660',
    500: '#a55521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55521;
$custom-light: #c68660;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.636,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53755,
    "c": 0.12301,
    "h": 49.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55521

secondary

#5E9CC4

accent

#A6EA3E

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAEFEA

border

#D3CAC6

text

#140B05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55521

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

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