#A55525#A55525

#A55525 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.121 H 48.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55525
RGB	rgb(165, 85, 37)
HSL	hsl(23, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(23, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.5%, 77.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.13, 29.40, 41.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.13, 50.77, 54.61°)
OKLab	oklab(53.79% 0.0804 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(53.79% 0.121 48.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.1013, 14.6322, 3.5683)
Luminance	0.1463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55525 #2575A5

analogous

#A52535 #A55525 #A59525

triadic

#A55525 #25A555 #5525A5

tetradic

#A55525 #35A525 #2575A5 #9525A5

square

#A55525 #35A525 #2575A5 #9525A5

split-complementary

#A55525 #25A595 #2535A5

monochromatic

#41210F #733B1A #A55525 #D27035 #DD9367

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#A55525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#A55525 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55525

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55525	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)

#6C601F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7224

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5444B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 85, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.121 48.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68663',
    500: '#a55525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55525;
$custom-light: #c68663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.5,
    "s": 63.366,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53791,
    "c": 0.12149,
    "h": 48.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55525

secondary

#639FC3

accent

#A9E641

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#140B05

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55525

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

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