#A55A32#A55A32

#A55A32 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.112 H 47.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55A32
RGB	rgb(165, 90, 50)
HSL	hsl(21, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(21, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.5%, 69.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.37, 27.32, 36.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.37, 45.21, 52.83°)
OKLab	oklab(54.79% 0.0763 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(54.79% 0.112 47.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.7506, 15.5441, 4.9772)
Luminance	0.1554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55A32 #327DA5

analogous

#A53243 #A55A32 #A59432

triadic

#A55A32 #32A55A #5A32A5

tetradic

#A55A32 #43A532 #327DA5 #9432A5

square

#A55A32 #43A532 #327DA5 #9432A5

split-complementary

#A55A32 #32A594 #3243A5

monochromatic

#472716 #764024 #A55A32 #C9774C #D79B7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#A55A32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#A55A32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55A32

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55A32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55A32	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)

#6F642E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B44B51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55a32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 90, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.112 47.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5896b',
    500: '#a55a32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55a32;
$custom-light: #c5896b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55a32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.87,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54787,
    "c": 0.11227,
    "h": 47.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55A32

secondary

#73A5BF

accent

#AADD4B

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EB

border

#D2CBC6

text

#140B07

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55A32

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

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