#A55E22#A55E22

#A55E22 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.117 H 56.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55E22
RGB	rgb(165, 94, 34)
HSL	hsl(27, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(27, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43%, 79.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.13, 24.32, 44.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.13, 50.95, 61.49°)
OKLab	oklab(55.33% 0.0647 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(55.33% 0.117 56.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.8102, 16.1224, 3.5817)
Luminance	0.1612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55E22 #2269A5

analogous

#A52228 #A55E22 #A5A022

triadic

#A55E22 #22A55E #5E22A5

tetradic

#A55E22 #28A522 #2269A5 #A022A5

square

#A55E22 #28A522 #2269A5 #A022A5

split-complementary

#A55E22 #22A5A0 #2228A5

monochromatic

#40240D #724118 #A55E22 #D47B30 #DF9B63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#A55E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#A55E22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55E22

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55E22	1.00	4.97	4.22	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736619

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847622

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B54E52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 94, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.117 56.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68c61',
    500: '#a55e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55e22;
$custom-light: #c68c61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.481,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55326,
    "c": 0.11709,
    "h": 56.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55E22

secondary

#5F96C4

accent

#9BE93F

background

#FCF8F5

surface

#F9F0EA

border

#D2CBC6

text

#140C05

muted

#827D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55E22

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

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