#A55B22#A55B22

#A55B22 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.119 H 54.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55B22
RGB	rgb(165, 91, 34)
HSL	hsl(26, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(26, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.8%, 79.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.44, 25.98, 44.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.44, 51.19, 59.49°)
OKLab	oklab(54.8% 0.0697 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(54.8% 0.119 54.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.5486, 15.5992, 3.4945)
Luminance	0.1560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55B22 #226CA5

analogous

#A5222B #A55B22 #A59D22

triadic

#A55B22 #22A55B #5B22A5

tetradic

#A55B22 #2BA522 #226CA5 #9D22A5

square

#A55B22 #2BA522 #226CA5 #9D22A5

split-complementary

#A55B22 #22A59D #222BA5

monochromatic

#40230D #723F18 #A55B22 #D47730 #DF9963

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#A55B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#A55B22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55B22

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55B22	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)

#71641A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827521

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B54B4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 91, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.119 54.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68a61',
    500: '#a55b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55b22;
$custom-light: #c68a61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.107,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54795,
    "c": 0.11875,
    "h": 54.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55B22

secondary

#5F98C4

accent

#9FE93F

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAF0EA

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C05

muted

#837D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55B22

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

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