#A55C2E#A55C2E

#A55C2E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.113 H 50.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55C2E
RGB	rgb(165, 92, 46)
HSL	hsl(23, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(23, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.2%, 72.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.78, 25.99, 38.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.78, 46.52, 56.04°)
OKLab	oklab(55.09% 0.0716 0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(55.09% 0.113 50.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.8390, 15.8530, 4.5994)
Luminance	0.1585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55C2E #2E77A5

analogous

#A52E3C #A55C2E #A5982E

triadic

#A55C2E #2EA55C #5C2EA5

tetradic

#A55C2E #3CA52E #2E77A5 #982EA5

square

#A55C2E #3CA52E #2E77A5 #982EA5

split-complementary

#A55C2E #2EA598 #2E3CA5

monochromatic

#452713 #754121 #A55C2E #CB7945 #D89B75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#A55C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#A55C2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55C2E

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55C2E	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82752D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B54D52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 92, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.113 50.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58b69',
    500: '#a55c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55c2e;
$custom-light: #c58b69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.193,
    "s": 56.398,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55088,
    "c": 0.11277,
    "h": 50.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55C2E

secondary

#6FA1C0

accent

#A5E048

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EB

border

#D2CBC6

text

#140C06

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55C2E

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

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