#A55B32#A55B32

#A55B32 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.112 H 48.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55B32
RGB	rgb(165, 91, 50)
HSL	hsl(21, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(21, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.8%, 69.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.60, 26.76, 36.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.60, 45.08, 53.58°)
OKLab	oklab(54.96% 0.0746 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(54.96% 0.112 48)
XYZ	xyz(19.8355, 15.7140, 5.0055)
Luminance	0.1571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55B32 #327CA5

analogous

#A53243 #A55B32 #A59432

triadic

#A55B32 #32A55B #5B32A5

tetradic

#A55B32 #43A532 #327CA5 #9432A5

square

#A55B32 #43A532 #327CA5 #9432A5

split-complementary

#A55B32 #32A594 #3243A5

monochromatic

#472716 #764124 #A55B32 #C9784C #D79B7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#A55B32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#A55B32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55B32

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55B32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55B32	1.00	5.07	4.14	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70642E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B44C52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55b32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 91, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.112 48.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58a6b',
    500: '#a55b32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55b32;
$custom-light: #c58a6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55b32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.391,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54961,
    "c": 0.11154,
    "h": 48
  },
  "luminance": 0.15712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55B32

secondary

#73A4BF

accent

#A9DD4B

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EB

border

#D2CBC6

text

#140C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55B32

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

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