#A55C35#A55C35

#A55C35 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.109 H 47.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55C35
RGB	rgb(165, 92, 53)
HSL	hsl(21, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(21, 68%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.2%, 67.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.86, 26.39, 34.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.86, 43.80, 52.95°)
OKLab	oklab(55.17% 0.074 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(55.17% 0.109 47.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.9884, 15.9128, 5.3863)
Luminance	0.1591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55C35 #357EA5

analogous

#A53546 #A55C35 #A59435

triadic

#A55C35 #35A55C #5C35A5

tetradic

#A55C35 #46A535 #357EA5 #9435A5

square

#A55C35 #46A535 #357EA5 #9435A5

split-complementary

#A55C35 #35A594 #3546A5

monochromatic

#482817 #774226 #A55C35 #C77A50 #D69D7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#A55C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#A55C35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55C35

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55C35	1.00	5.02	4.18	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B44E53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 92, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.109 47.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58b6d',
    500: '#a55c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55c35;
$custom-light: #c58b6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.893,
    "s": 51.376,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55174,
    "c": 0.10939,
    "h": 47.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55C35

secondary

#77A6BF

accent

#A9DB4D

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EC

border

#D2CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55C35

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

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