#A55A36#A55A36

#A55A36 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.110 H 45.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55A36
RGB	rgb(165, 90, 54)
HSL	hsl(19, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(19, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.5%, 67.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.42, 27.56, 33.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.42, 43.69, 50.90°)
OKLab	oklab(54.84% 0.0777 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(54.84% 0.11 45.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.8407, 15.5802, 5.4517)
Luminance	0.1558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55A36 #3681A5

analogous

#A5364A #A55A36 #A59136

triadic

#A55A36 #36A55A #5A36A5

tetradic

#A55A36 #4AA536 #3681A5 #9136A5

square

#A55A36 #4AA536 #3681A5 #9136A5

split-complementary

#A55A36 #36A591 #364AA5

monochromatic

#492818 #774127 #A55A36 #C67852 #D59C80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#A55A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#A55A36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55A36

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55A36	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6432

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B44B52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 90, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.110 45.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5896e',
    500: '#a55a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55a36;
$custom-light: #c5896e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.459,
    "s": 50.685,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5484,
    "c": 0.11042,
    "h": 45.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55A36

secondary

#78A8BF

accent

#ADDA4E

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EC

border

#D2CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55A36

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

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