#A55836#A55836

#A55836 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.112 H 43.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55836
RGB	rgb(165, 88, 54)
HSL	hsl(18, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(18, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.7%, 67.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.97, 28.66, 33.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.97, 43.99, 49.36°)
OKLab	oklab(54.5% 0.0811 0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(54.5% 0.112 43.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.6743, 15.2473, 5.3962)
Luminance	0.1525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55836 #3683A5

analogous

#A5364C #A55836 #A58F36

triadic

#A55836 #36A558 #5836A5

tetradic

#A55836 #4CA536 #3683A5 #8F36A5

square

#A55836 #4CA536 #3683A5 #8F36A5

split-complementary

#A55836 #36A58F #364CA5

monochromatic

#492718 #773F27 #A55836 #C67652 #D59A80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#A55836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#A55836 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55836

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55836	1.00	5.19	4.05	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B44950

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 88, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.112 43.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5886e',
    500: '#a55836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55836;
$custom-light: #c5886e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.378,
    "s": 50.685,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54496,
    "c": 0.112,
    "h": 43.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55836

secondary

#78A9BF

accent

#AFDA4E

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EC

border

#D2CBC7

text

#140B07

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55836

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

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