#A55C3E#A55C3E

#A55C3E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.105 H 42.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55C3E
RGB	rgb(165, 92, 62)
HSL	hsl(17, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(17, 62%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.2%, 62.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.98, 27.00, 30.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.98, 40.43, 48.11°)
OKLab	oklab(55.3% 0.0774 0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(55.3% 0.105 42.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.2153, 16.0035, 6.5809)
Luminance	0.1600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55C3E #3E87A5

analogous

#A53E54 #A55C3E #A5903E

triadic

#A55C3E #3EA55C #5C3EA5

tetradic

#A55C3E #54A53E #3E87A5 #903EA5

square

#A55C3E #54A53E #3E87A5 #903EA5

split-complementary

#A55C3E #3EA590 #3E54A5

monochromatic

#4C2A1D #79432D #A55C3E #C27B5E #D39F8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#A55C3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#A55C3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55C3E

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55C3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55C3E	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F663B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81763D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B44F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55c3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 92, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.105 42.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48b74',
    500: '#a55c3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55c3e;
$custom-light: #c48b74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55c3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.476,
    "s": 45.374,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55304,
    "c": 0.1051,
    "h": 42.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55C3E

secondary

#81ACBE

accent

#AFD553

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9F0ED

border

#D2CBC8

text

#130C08

muted

#827D7B

Preview Lab

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