#A5552B#A5552B

#A5552B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.119 H 46.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5552B
RGB	rgb(165, 85, 43)
HSL	hsl(21, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(21, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.5%, 73.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.18, 29.67, 38.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.18, 48.54, 52.32°)
OKLab	oklab(53.85% 0.0822 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(53.85% 0.119 46.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.2033, 14.6730, 4.1059)
Luminance	0.1467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5552B #2B7BA5

analogous

#A52B3E #A5552B #A5922B

triadic

#A5552B #2BA555 #552BA5

tetradic

#A5552B #3EA52B #2B7BA5 #922BA5

square

#A5552B #3EA52B #2B7BA5 #922BA5

split-complementary

#A5552B #2BA592 #2B3EA5

monochromatic

#442312 #743C1E #A5552B #CD7140 #DA9571

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#A5552B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#A5552B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A5552B

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5552B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A5552B	1.00	5.34	3.93	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6026

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F722A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5444C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5552b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 85, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.119 46.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68666',
    500: '#a5552b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5552b;
$custom-light: #c68666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5552b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.656,
    "s": 58.654,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53852,
    "c": 0.11908,
    "h": 46.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5552B

secondary

#6BA3C1

accent

#ACE246

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9EFEB

border

#D2CAC6

text

#140B06

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5552B

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

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