#A55D22#A55D22

#A55D22 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.118 H 55.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55D22
RGB	rgb(165, 93, 34)
HSL	hsl(27, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(27, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 79.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.90, 24.88, 44.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.90, 51.02, 60.82°)
OKLab	oklab(55.15% 0.0663 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(55.15% 0.118 55.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.7219, 15.9457, 3.5523)
Luminance	0.1594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55D22 #226AA5

analogous

#A52229 #A55D22 #A59F22

triadic

#A55D22 #22A55D #5D22A5

tetradic

#A55D22 #29A522 #226AA5 #9F22A5

square

#A55D22 #29A522 #226AA5 #9F22A5

split-complementary

#A55D22 #22A59F #2229A5

monochromatic

#40240D #724018 #A55D22 #D47A30 #DF9B63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#A55D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#A55D22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55D22

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55D22	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)

#72651A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837622

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B54D51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 93, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.118 55.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68b61',
    500: '#a55d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55d22;
$custom-light: #c68b61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.023,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55148,
    "c": 0.11762,
    "h": 55.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55D22

secondary

#5F96C4

accent

#9CE93F

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F9F0EA

border

#D2CBC6

text

#140C05

muted

#827D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55D22

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

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