#A55538#A55538

#A55538 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.114 H 40.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55538
RGB	rgb(165, 85, 56)
HSL	hsl(16, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(16, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.5%, 66.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.34, 30.42, 31.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.34, 43.80, 46.02°)
OKLab	oklab(54.02% 0.0868 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(54.02% 0.114 40.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.4810, 14.7841, 5.5683)
Luminance	0.1478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55538 #3888A5

analogous

#A53852 #A55538 #A58B38

triadic

#A55538 #38A555 #5538A5

tetradic

#A55538 #52A538 #3888A5 #8B38A5

square

#A55538 #52A538 #3888A5 #8B38A5

split-complementary

#A55538 #38A58B #3852A5

monochromatic

#4A2619 #773D28 #A55538 #C57355 #D59883

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#A55538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#A55538 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55538

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55538	1.00	5.31	3.96	5.31
#FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6135

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4464E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 85, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.114 40.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5866f',
    500: '#a55538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55538;
$custom-light: #c5866f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.963,
    "s": 49.321,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5402,
    "c": 0.11374,
    "h": 40.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55538

secondary

#7AACBE

accent

#B4D94F

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9EFEC

border

#D2CAC7

text

#140B07

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55538

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

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