#A55D3E#A55D3E

#A55D3E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.104 H 43.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55D3E
RGB	rgb(165, 93, 62)
HSL	hsl(18, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(18, 62%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 62.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.21, 26.44, 30.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.21, 40.27, 48.96°)
OKLab	oklab(55.48% 0.0757 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(55.48% 0.104 43.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.3025, 16.1779, 6.6099)
Luminance	0.1618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55D3E #3E86A5

analogous

#A53E53 #A55D3E #A5903E

triadic

#A55D3E #3EA55D #5D3EA5

tetradic

#A55D3E #53A53E #3E86A5 #903EA5

square

#A55D3E #53A53E #3E86A5 #903EA5

split-complementary

#A55D3E #3EA590 #3E53A5

monochromatic

#4C2B1D #79442D #A55D3E #C27C5E #D3A08A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#A55D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#A55D3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55D3E

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55D3E	1.00	4.96	4.24	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70663B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82763D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B45056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 93, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.104 43.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48c74',
    500: '#a55d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55d3e;
$custom-light: #c48c74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.058,
    "s": 45.374,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55479,
    "c": 0.10429,
    "h": 43.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55D3E

secondary

#81ABBE

accent

#AED553

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9F0ED

border

#D2CBC8

text

#130C08

muted

#827D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55D3E

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

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