#A55A31#A55A31

#A55A31 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.113 H 47.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55A31
RGB	rgb(165, 90, 49)
HSL	hsl(21, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(21, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.5%, 70.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.36, 27.26, 36.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.36, 45.59, 53.28°)
OKLab	oklab(54.78% 0.0759 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(54.78% 0.113 47.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.7293, 15.5356, 4.8648)
Luminance	0.1553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55A31 #317CA5

analogous

#A53142 #A55A31 #A59431

triadic

#A55A31 #31A55A #5A31A5

tetradic

#A55A31 #42A531 #317CA5 #9431A5

square

#A55A31 #42A531 #317CA5 #9431A5

split-complementary

#A55A31 #31A594 #3142A5

monochromatic

#472715 #764023 #A55A31 #C9774A #D79A79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#A55A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#A55A31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55A31

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55A31	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F642D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817430

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B44B51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 90, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.113 47.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5896b',
    500: '#a55a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55a31;
$custom-light: #c5896b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.207,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54775,
    "c": 0.11273,
    "h": 47.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55A31

secondary

#72A4C0

accent

#A9DE4A

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EB

border

#D2CBC6

text

#140B07

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55A31

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

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