#A55838#A55838

#A55838 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.111 H 42.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55838
RGB	rgb(165, 88, 56)
HSL	hsl(18, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(18, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.7%, 66.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.00, 28.78, 32.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.00, 43.26, 48.29°)
OKLab	oklab(54.53% 0.0818 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(54.53% 0.111 42.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.7222, 15.2665, 5.6487)
Luminance	0.1526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55838 #3885A5

analogous

#A5384E #A55838 #A58E38

triadic

#A55838 #38A558 #5838A5

tetradic

#A55838 #4EA538 #3885A5 #8E38A5

square

#A55838 #4EA538 #3885A5 #8E38A5

split-complementary

#A55838 #38A58E #384EA5

monochromatic

#4A2719 #774028 #A55838 #C57655 #D59B83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#A55838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#A55838 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55838

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55838	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)

#6D6335

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B44951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 88, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.111 42.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5886f',
    500: '#a55838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55838;
$custom-light: #c5886f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.615,
    "s": 49.321,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54525,
    "c": 0.11113,
    "h": 42.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55838

secondary

#7AAABE

accent

#B0D94F

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EC

border

#D2CBC7

text

#140B07

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55838

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

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