#A55938#A55938

#A55938 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.110 H 43.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55938
RGB	rgb(165, 89, 56)
HSL	hsl(18, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(18, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.1%, 66.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.22, 28.24, 32.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.22, 43.10, 49.07°)
OKLab	oklab(54.7% 0.0801 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(54.7% 0.11 43.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.8049, 15.4318, 5.6763)
Luminance	0.1543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55938 #3884A5

analogous

#A5384D #A55938 #A58F38

triadic

#A55938 #38A559 #5938A5

tetradic

#A55938 #4DA538 #3884A5 #8F38A5

square

#A55938 #4DA538 #3884A5 #8F38A5

split-complementary

#A55938 #38A58F #384DA5

monochromatic

#4A2819 #774028 #A55938 #C57755 #D59B83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#A55938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#A55938 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55938

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55938	1.00	5.14	4.09	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6335

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B44A51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 89, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.110 43.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5896f',
    500: '#a55938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55938;
$custom-light: #c5896f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.165,
    "s": 49.321,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54695,
    "c": 0.1103,
    "h": 43.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55938

secondary

#7AAABE

accent

#AFD94F

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EC

border

#D2CBC7

text

#140B07

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55938

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

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