#A55E2B#A55E2B

#A55E2B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.113 H 53.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55E2B
RGB	rgb(165, 94, 43)
HSL	hsl(25, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(25, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43%, 73.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.21, 24.72, 40.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.21, 47.51, 58.65°)
OKLab	oklab(55.41% 0.0673 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(55.41% 0.113 53.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.9575, 16.1813, 4.3573)
Luminance	0.1618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55E2B #2B72A5

analogous

#A52B35 #A55E2B #A59B2B

triadic

#A55E2B #2BA55E #5E2BA5

tetradic

#A55E2B #35A52B #2B72A5 #9B2BA5

square

#A55E2B #35A52B #2B72A5 #9B2BA5

split-complementary

#A55E2B #2BA59B #2B35A5

monochromatic

#442712 #74421E #A55E2B #CD7B40 #DA9D71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#A55E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#A55E2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55E2B

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55E2B	1.00	4.96	4.24	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84762B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B54F53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 94, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.113 53.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58c67',
    500: '#a55e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55e2b;
$custom-light: #c58c67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.082,
    "s": 58.654,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5541,
    "c": 0.11298,
    "h": 53.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55E2B

secondary

#6B9DC1

accent

#A1E246

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EB

border

#D2CBC6

text

#140C06

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

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