#A55736#A55736

#A55736 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.113 H 42.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55736
RGB	rgb(165, 87, 54)
HSL	hsl(18, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(18, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.3%, 67.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.75, 29.20, 33.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.75, 44.16, 48.60°)
OKLab	oklab(54.33% 0.0827 0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(54.33% 0.113 42.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.5928, 15.0843, 5.3691)
Luminance	0.1508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55736 #3684A5

analogous

#A5364C #A55736 #A58E36

triadic

#A55736 #36A557 #5736A5

tetradic

#A55736 #4CA536 #3684A5 #8E36A5

square

#A55736 #4CA536 #3684A5 #8E36A5

split-complementary

#A55736 #36A58E #364CA5

monochromatic

#492618 #773F27 #A55736 #C67452 #D59980

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#A55736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#A55736 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55736

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55736	1.00	5.23	4.02	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4484F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 87, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.113 42.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5876e',
    500: '#a55736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55736;
$custom-light: #c5876e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.838,
    "s": 50.685,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54327,
    "c": 0.11283,
    "h": 42.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55736

secondary

#78AABF

accent

#B0DA4E

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EC

border

#D2CBC7

text

#140B07

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55736

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

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