#A55B23#A55B23

#A55B23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.118 H 53.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55B23
RGB	rgb(165, 91, 35)
HSL	hsl(26, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(26, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.8%, 78.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.45, 26.02, 43.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.45, 50.82, 59.20°)
OKLab	oklab(54.8% 0.0699 0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(54.8% 0.118 53.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.5633, 15.6051, 3.5716)
Luminance	0.1560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55B23 #236DA5

analogous

#A5232C #A55B23 #A59C23

triadic

#A55B23 #23A55B #5B23A5

tetradic

#A55B23 #2CA523 #236DA5 #9C23A5

square

#A55B23 #2CA523 #236DA5 #9C23A5

split-complementary

#A55B23 #23A59C #232CA5

monochromatic

#40230E #733F18 #A55B23 #D37732 #DE9964

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#A55B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#A55B23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55B23

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55B23	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)

#71641B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827522

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B54B50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 91, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.118 53.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68a62',
    500: '#a55b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55b23;
$custom-light: #c68a62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.846,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54803,
    "c": 0.11834,
    "h": 53.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55B23

secondary

#6099C4

accent

#A0E840

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F9F0EA

border

#D2CBC6

text

#140C05

muted

#827D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55B23

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

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