#A55A22#A55A22

#A55A22 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.119 H 53.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55A22
RGB	rgb(165, 90, 34)
HSL	hsl(26, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(26, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.5%, 79.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.22, 26.54, 43.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.22, 51.28, 58.84°)
OKLab	oklab(54.62% 0.0713 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(54.62% 0.119 53.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.4637, 15.4294, 3.4662)
Luminance	0.1543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55A22 #226DA5

analogous

#A5222C #A55A22 #A59C22

triadic

#A55A22 #22A55A #5A22A5

tetradic

#A55A22 #2CA522 #226DA5 #9C22A5

square

#A55A22 #2CA522 #226DA5 #9C22A5

split-complementary

#A55A22 #22A59C #222CA5

monochromatic

#40230D #723E18 #A55A22 #D47630 #DF9863

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#A55A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#A55A22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55A22

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55A22	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)

#70631A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827421

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B54A4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 90, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.119 53.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68961',
    500: '#a55a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55a22;
$custom-light: #c68961;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.649,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5462,
    "c": 0.11934,
    "h": 53.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55A22

secondary

#5F99C4

accent

#A0E93F

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAF0EA

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140B05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55A22

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

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