#A55737#A55737

#A55737 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.112 H 42.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55737
RGB	rgb(165, 87, 55)
HSL	hsl(17, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(17, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.3%, 66.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.76, 29.26, 32.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.76, 43.80, 48.07°)
OKLab	oklab(54.34% 0.0831 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(54.34% 0.112 42.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.6165, 15.0938, 5.4940)
Luminance	0.1509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55737 #3785A5

analogous

#A5374E #A55737 #A58E37

triadic

#A55737 #37A557 #5737A5

tetradic

#A55737 #4EA537 #3785A5 #8E37A5

square

#A55737 #4EA537 #3785A5 #8E37A5

split-complementary

#A55737 #37A58E #374EA5

monochromatic

#492718 #773F28 #A55737 #C67553 #D59A81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#A55737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#A55737 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55737

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55737	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)

#6C6234

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B44850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 87, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.112 42.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5876f',
    500: '#a55737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55737;
$custom-light: #c5876f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.455,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54341,
    "c": 0.11241,
    "h": 42.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55737

secondary

#79AABF

accent

#B1DA4E

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EC

border

#D2CBC7

text

#140B07

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55737

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

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