#A55A2A#A55A2A

#A55A2A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.116 H 50.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55A2A
RGB	rgb(165, 90, 42)
HSL	hsl(23, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(23, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.5%, 74.5%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.29, 26.89, 40.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.29, 48.28, 56.16°)
OKLab	oklab(54.7% 0.0736 0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(54.7% 0.116 50.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.5929, 15.4810, 4.1464)
Luminance	0.1548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55A2A #2A75A5

analogous

#A52A37 #A55A2A #A5972A

triadic

#A55A2A #2AA55A #5A2AA5

tetradic

#A55A2A #37A52A #2A75A5 #972AA5

square

#A55A2A #37A52A #2A75A5 #972AA5

split-complementary

#A55A2A #2AA597 #2A37A5

monochromatic

#432511 #743F1E #A55A2A #CE763E #DA996F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#A55A2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#A55A2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55A2A

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55A2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55A2A	1.00	5.13	4.10	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6324

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817429

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B54A50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55a2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 90, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.116 50.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58966',
    500: '#a55a2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55a2a;
$custom-light: #c58966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55a2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.415,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54695,
    "c": 0.11593,
    "h": 50.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55A2A

secondary

#699FC1

accent

#A5E345

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EB

border

#D2CBC6

text

#140B06

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55A2A

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

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