#A55C38#A55C38

#A55C38 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.108 H 45.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55C38
RGB	rgb(165, 92, 56)
HSL	hsl(20, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(20, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.2%, 66.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.90, 26.58, 33.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.90, 42.65, 51.45°)
OKLab	oklab(55.22% 0.0751 0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(55.22% 0.108 45.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.0596, 15.9413, 5.7612)
Luminance	0.1594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55C38 #3881A5

analogous

#A5384A #A55C38 #A59238

triadic

#A55C38 #38A55C #5C38A5

tetradic

#A55C38 #4AA538 #3881A5 #9238A5

square

#A55C38 #4AA538 #3881A5 #9238A5

split-complementary

#A55C38 #38A592 #384AA5

monochromatic

#4A2919 #774328 #A55C38 #C57A55 #D59E83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#A55C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#A55C38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55C38

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55C38	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B44E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 92, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.108 45.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48b70',
    500: '#a55c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55c38;
$custom-light: #c48b70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.817,
    "s": 49.321,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55215,
    "c": 0.10794,
    "h": 45.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55C38

secondary

#7AA8BE

accent

#ABD94F

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EC

border

#D2CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55C38

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

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