#A55635#A55635

#A55635 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.114 H 42.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55635
RGB	rgb(165, 86, 53)
HSL	hsl(18, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(18, 68%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.9%, 67.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.52, 29.68, 33.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.52, 44.69, 48.38°)
OKLab	oklab(54.14% 0.084 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(54.14% 0.114 42.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.4891, 14.9142, 5.2199)
Luminance	0.1491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55635 #3584A5

analogous

#A5354C #A55635 #A58E35

triadic

#A55635 #35A556 #5635A5

tetradic

#A55635 #4CA535 #3584A5 #8E35A5

square

#A55635 #4CA535 #3584A5 #8E35A5

split-complementary

#A55635 #35A58E #354CA5

monochromatic

#482617 #773E26 #A55635 #C77350 #D6987F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#A55635 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#A55635 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55635

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55635	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55635	1.00	5.27	3.98	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4474E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55635;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 86, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.114 42.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5876d',
    500: '#a55635',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55635;
$custom-light: #c5876d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55635",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.679,
    "s": 51.376,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54144,
    "c": 0.11409,
    "h": 42.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55635

secondary

#77AABF

accent

#B1DB4D

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9EFEB

border

#D2CAC6

text

#140B07

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55635

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

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