#A55522#A55522

#A55522 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.123 H 49.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55522
RGB	rgb(165, 85, 34)
HSL	hsl(23, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(23, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.5%, 79.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.10, 29.27, 42.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.10, 51.85, 55.63°)
OKLab	oklab(53.76% 0.0795 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(53.76% 0.123 49.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.0561, 14.6141, 3.3304)
Luminance	0.1461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55522 #2272A5

analogous

#A52231 #A55522 #A59722

triadic

#A55522 #22A555 #5522A5

tetradic

#A55522 #31A522 #2272A5 #9722A5

square

#A55522 #31A522 #2272A5 #9722A5

split-complementary

#A55522 #22A597 #2231A5

monochromatic

#40210D #723B18 #A55522 #D47030 #DF9363

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#A55522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#A55522 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55522

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55522	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)

#6C601B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7221

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5444B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 85, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.123 49.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68661',
    500: '#a55522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55522;
$custom-light: #c68661;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.359,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53764,
    "c": 0.12264,
    "h": 49.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55522

secondary

#5F9DC4

accent

#A7E93F

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAEFEA

border

#D3CAC6

text

#140B05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55522

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

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