#A55E28#A55E28

#A55E28 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.114 H 54.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55E28
RGB	rgb(165, 94, 40)
HSL	hsl(26, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(26, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43%, 75.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.18, 24.58, 42.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.18, 48.68, 59.68°)
OKLab	oklab(55.38% 0.0664 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(55.38% 0.114 54.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.9045, 16.1601, 4.0781)
Luminance	0.1616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55E28 #286FA5

analogous

#A52830 #A55E28 #A59D28

triadic

#A55E28 #28A55E #5E28A5

tetradic

#A55E28 #30A528 #286FA5 #9D28A5

square

#A55E28 #30A528 #286FA5 #9D28A5

split-complementary

#A55E28 #28A59D #2830A5

monochromatic

#422610 #74421C #A55E28 #CF7B3B #DB9C6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#A55E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#A55E28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55E28

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55E28	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736621

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847628

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B54F53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 94, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.114 54.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58c65',
    500: '#a55e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55e28;
$custom-light: #c58c65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.92,
    "s": 60.976,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5538,
    "c": 0.11441,
    "h": 54.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55E28

secondary

#679BC2

accent

#9FE444

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EB

border

#D2CBC6

text

#140C06

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55E28

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

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