#A55837#A55837

#A55837 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.112 H 43.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55837
RGB	rgb(165, 88, 55)
HSL	hsl(18, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(18, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.7%, 66.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.98, 28.72, 32.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.98, 43.63, 48.83°)
OKLab	oklab(54.51% 0.0814 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(54.51% 0.112 43.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.6980, 15.2568, 5.5212)
Luminance	0.1525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55837 #3784A5

analogous

#A5374D #A55837 #A58F37

triadic

#A55837 #37A558 #5837A5

tetradic

#A55837 #4DA537 #3784A5 #8F37A5

square

#A55837 #4DA537 #3784A5 #8F37A5

split-complementary

#A55837 #37A58F #374DA5

monochromatic

#492718 #774028 #A55837 #C67653 #D59A81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#A55837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#A55837 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55837

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55837	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6334

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B44950

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 88, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.112 43.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5886f',
    500: '#a55837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55837;
$custom-light: #c5886f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5451,
    "c": 0.11156,
    "h": 43.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55837

secondary

#79AABF

accent

#B0DA4E

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EC

border

#D2CBC7

text

#140B07

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55837

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

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