#A55535#A55535

#A55535 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.115 H 41.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55535
RGB	rgb(165, 85, 53)
HSL	hsl(17, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(17, 68%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.5%, 67.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.30, 30.23, 33.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.30, 44.86, 47.64°)
OKLab	oklab(53.98% 0.0857 0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(53.98% 0.115 41.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.4098, 14.7556, 5.1934)
Luminance	0.1475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55535 #3585A5

analogous

#A5354D #A55535 #A58D35

triadic

#A55535 #35A555 #5535A5

tetradic

#A55535 #4DA535 #3585A5 #8D35A5

square

#A55535 #4DA535 #3585A5 #8D35A5

split-complementary

#A55535 #35A58D #354DA5

monochromatic

#482517 #773D26 #A55535 #C77250 #D6987F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.32

#A55535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#A55535 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55535

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55535	1.00	5.32	3.95	5.32
#FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6032

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4454E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 85, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.115 41.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5866d',
    500: '#a55535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55535;
$custom-light: #c5866d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 51.376,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53977,
    "c": 0.11495,
    "h": 41.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55535

secondary

#77AABF

accent

#B2DB4D

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9EFEB

border

#D2CAC6

text

#140B07

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55535

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

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