#A55E26#A55E26

#A55E26 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.115 H 55.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55E26
RGB	rgb(165, 94, 38)
HSL	hsl(26, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(26, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43%, 77%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.17, 24.49, 42.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.17, 49.45, 60.32°)
OKLab	oklab(55.36% 0.0658 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(55.36% 0.115 55.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.8713, 16.1468, 3.9035)
Luminance	0.1615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55E26 #266DA5

analogous

#A5262D #A55E26 #A59E26

triadic

#A55E26 #26A55E #5E26A5

tetradic

#A55E26 #2DA526 #266DA5 #9E26A5

square

#A55E26 #2DA526 #266DA5 #9E26A5

split-complementary

#A55E26 #26A59E #262DA5

monochromatic

#42250F #73421B #A55E26 #D17B37 #DC9C69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#A55E26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#A55E26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55E26

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55E26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55E26	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)

#73661F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847626

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B54F52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55e26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 94, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.115 55.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58c64',
    500: '#a55e26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55e26;
$custom-light: #c58c64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55e26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.457,
    "s": 62.562,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55361,
    "c": 0.11533,
    "h": 55.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55E26

secondary

#6499C3

accent

#9EE642

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EB

border

#D2CBC6

text

#140C05

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55E26

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

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