#A55C22#A55C22

#A55C22 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.118 H 54.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55C22
RGB	rgb(165, 92, 34)
HSL	hsl(27, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(27, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.2%, 79.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.67, 25.43, 44.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.67, 51.10, 60.16°)
OKLab	oklab(54.97% 0.068 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(54.97% 0.118 54.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.6347, 15.7713, 3.5232)
Luminance	0.1577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55C22 #226BA5

analogous

#A5222A #A55C22 #A59E22

triadic

#A55C22 #22A55C #5C22A5

tetradic

#A55C22 #2AA522 #226BA5 #9E22A5

square

#A55C22 #2AA522 #226BA5 #9E22A5

split-complementary

#A55C22 #22A59E #222AA5

monochromatic

#40230D #724018 #A55C22 #D47930 #DF9A63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#A55C22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#A55C22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55C22

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55C22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55C22	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71651A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837522

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B54C50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55c22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 92, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.118 54.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68b61',
    500: '#a55c22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55c22;
$custom-light: #c68b61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55c22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.565,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54971,
    "c": 0.11817,
    "h": 54.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55C22

secondary

#5F97C4

accent

#9EE93F

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F9F0EA

border

#D2CBC6

text

#140C05

muted

#827D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55C22

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

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