#A55C25#A55C25

#A55C25 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.117 H 53.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55C25
RGB	rgb(165, 92, 37)
HSL	hsl(26, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(26, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.2%, 77.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.70, 25.55, 42.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.70, 49.99, 59.26°)
OKLab	oklab(55% 0.0688 0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(55% 0.117 53.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.6799, 15.7894, 3.7612)
Luminance	0.1579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55C25 #256EA5

analogous

#A5252E #A55C25 #A59C25

triadic

#A55C25 #25A55C #5C25A5

tetradic

#A55C25 #2EA525 #256EA5 #9C25A5

square

#A55C25 #2EA525 #256EA5 #9C25A5

split-complementary

#A55C25 #25A59C #252EA5

monochromatic

#41240F #73401A #A55C25 #D27935 #DD9A67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#A55C25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#A55C25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55C25

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55C25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55C25	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71651E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837525

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B54C51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55c25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 92, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.117 53.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68b63',
    500: '#a55c25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55c25;
$custom-light: #c68b63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55c25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.781,
    "s": 63.366,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54997,
    "c": 0.1169,
    "h": 53.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55C25

secondary

#639AC3

accent

#A0E641

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EB

border

#D2CBC6

text

#140C05

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55C25

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →