#A55E2A#A55E2A

#A55E2A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.113 H 53.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55E2A
RGB	rgb(165, 94, 42)
HSL	hsl(25, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(25, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43%, 74.5%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.20, 24.67, 41.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.20, 47.90, 59.00°)
OKLab	oklab(55.4% 0.067 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(55.4% 0.113 53.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.9394, 16.1741, 4.2619)
Luminance	0.1617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55E2A #2A71A5

analogous

#A52A33 #A55E2A #A59B2A

triadic

#A55E2A #2AA55E #5E2AA5

tetradic

#A55E2A #33A52A #2A71A5 #9B2AA5

square

#A55E2A #33A52A #2A71A5 #9B2AA5

split-complementary

#A55E2A #2AA59B #2A33A5

monochromatic

#432611 #74421E #A55E2A #CE7B3E #DA9C6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#A55E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#A55E2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55E2A

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55E2A	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)

#736624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84762A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B54F53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 94, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.113 53.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58c66',
    500: '#a55e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55e2a;
$custom-light: #c58c66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.366,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.554,
    "c": 0.11346,
    "h": 53.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55E2A

secondary

#699CC1

accent

#A0E345

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EB

border

#D2CBC6

text

#140C06

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55E2A

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

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