#A55A35#A55A35

#A55A35 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.111 H 45.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55A35
RGB	rgb(165, 90, 53)
HSL	hsl(20, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(20, 68%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.5%, 67.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.41, 27.49, 34.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.41, 44.07, 51.40°)
OKLab	oklab(54.83% 0.0773 0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(54.83% 0.111 45.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.8175, 15.5709, 5.3293)
Luminance	0.1557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55A35 #3580A5

analogous

#A53548 #A55A35 #A59235

triadic

#A55A35 #35A55A #5A35A5

tetradic

#A55A35 #48A535 #3580A5 #9235A5

square

#A55A35 #48A535 #3580A5 #9235A5

split-complementary

#A55A35 #35A592 #3548A5

monochromatic

#482717 #774126 #A55A35 #C77750 #D69B7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#A55A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#A55A35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55A35

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55A35	1.00	5.10	4.11	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B44B51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 90, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.111 45.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5896d',
    500: '#a55a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55a35;
$custom-light: #c5896d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.821,
    "s": 51.376,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54826,
    "c": 0.11087,
    "h": 45.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55A35

secondary

#77A7BF

accent

#ACDB4D

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EC

border

#D2CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55A35

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

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