#A55E24#A55E24

#A55E24 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.116 H 55.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55E24
RGB	rgb(165, 94, 36)
HSL	hsl(27, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(27, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43%, 78.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.15, 24.40, 43.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.15, 50.21, 60.92°)
OKLab	oklab(55.34% 0.0652 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(55.34% 0.116 55.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.8399, 16.1343, 3.7381)
Luminance	0.1613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55E24 #246BA5

analogous

#A5242A #A55E24 #A59F24

triadic

#A55E24 #24A55E #5E24A5

tetradic

#A55E24 #2AA524 #246BA5 #9F24A5

square

#A55E24 #2AA524 #246BA5 #9F24A5

split-complementary

#A55E24 #24A59F #242AA5

monochromatic

#41250E #734119 #A55E24 #D37B34 #DE9C66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#A55E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#A55E24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55E24

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55E24	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73661C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847624

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B54F52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 94, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.116 55.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68c63',
    500: '#a55e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55e24;
$custom-light: #c68c63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.977,
    "s": 64.179,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55343,
    "c": 0.11623,
    "h": 55.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55E24

secondary

#6297C3

accent

#9CE741

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EB

border

#D2CBC6

text

#140C05

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55E24

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

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