#A55D32#A55D32

#A55D32 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.110 H 49.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55D32
RGB	rgb(165, 93, 50)
HSL	hsl(22, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(22, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 69.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.05, 25.66, 36.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.05, 44.85, 55.11°)
OKLab	oklab(55.31% 0.0712 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(55.31% 0.11 49.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.0088, 16.0605, 5.0633)
Luminance	0.1606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55D32 #327AA5

analogous

#A53241 #A55D32 #A59732

triadic

#A55D32 #32A55D #5D32A5

tetradic

#A55D32 #41A532 #327AA5 #9732A5

square

#A55D32 #41A532 #327AA5 #9732A5

split-complementary

#A55D32 #32A597 #3241A5

monochromatic

#472816 #764324 #A55D32 #C97A4C #D79D7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#A55D32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#A55D32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55D32

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55D32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55D32	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71662E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837631

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B44E53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55d32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 93, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.110 49.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58b6b',
    500: '#a55d32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55d32;
$custom-light: #c58b6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55d32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.435,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55312,
    "c": 0.11017,
    "h": 49.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55D32

secondary

#73A3BF

accent

#A6DD4B

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EB

border

#D2CBC6

text

#140C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55D32

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

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