#A55C36#A55C36

#A55C36 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.109 H 46.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55C36
RGB	rgb(165, 92, 54)
HSL	hsl(21, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(21, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.2%, 67.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.87, 26.45, 34.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.87, 43.42, 52.46°)
OKLab	oklab(55.19% 0.0744 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(55.19% 0.109 46.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.0117, 15.9221, 5.5087)
Luminance	0.1592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55C36 #367FA5

analogous

#A53647 #A55C36 #A59436

triadic

#A55C36 #36A55C #5C36A5

tetradic

#A55C36 #47A536 #367FA5 #9436A5

square

#A55C36 #47A536 #367FA5 #9436A5

split-complementary

#A55C36 #36A594 #3647A5

monochromatic

#492918 #774227 #A55C36 #C67A52 #D59D80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#A55C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#A55C36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55C36

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55C36	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)

#706532

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B44E53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 92, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.109 46.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58b6e',
    500: '#a55c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55c36;
$custom-light: #c58b6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.541,
    "s": 50.685,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55188,
    "c": 0.10891,
    "h": 46.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55C36

secondary

#78A7BF

accent

#AADA4E

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EC

border

#D2CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55C36

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

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