#A55636#A55636

#A55636 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.114 H 42.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55636
RGB	rgb(165, 86, 54)
HSL	hsl(17, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(17, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.9%, 67.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.53, 29.75, 32.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.53, 44.33, 47.85°)
OKLab	oklab(54.16% 0.0844 0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(54.16% 0.114 42.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.5124, 14.9235, 5.3423)
Luminance	0.1492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55636 #3685A5

analogous

#A5364E #A55636 #A58D36

triadic

#A55636 #36A556 #5636A5

tetradic

#A55636 #4EA536 #3685A5 #8D36A5

square

#A55636 #4EA536 #3685A5 #8D36A5

split-complementary

#A55636 #36A58D #364EA5

monochromatic

#492618 #773E27 #A55636 #C67352 #D59980

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#A55636 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#A55636 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55636

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55636	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55636	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)

#6B6133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4474F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55636;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 86, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.114 42.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5876e',
    500: '#a55636',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55636;
$custom-light: #c5876e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55636",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.297,
    "s": 50.685,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54158,
    "c": 0.11368,
    "h": 42.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55636

secondary

#78AABF

accent

#B2DA4E

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9EFEC

border

#D2CAC7

text

#140B07

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55636

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

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