#A55E2E#A55E2E

#A55E2E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.112 H 52.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55E2E
RGB	rgb(165, 94, 46)
HSL	hsl(24, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(24, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43%, 72.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.24, 24.88, 39.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.24, 46.33, 57.53°)
OKLab	oklab(55.44% 0.0682 0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(55.44% 0.112 52.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.0146, 16.2041, 4.6579)
Luminance	0.1620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55E2E #2E75A5

analogous

#A52E3A #A55E2E #A59A2E

triadic

#A55E2E #2EA55E #5E2EA5

tetradic

#A55E2E #3AA52E #2E75A5 #9A2EA5

square

#A55E2E #3AA52E #2E75A5 #9A2EA5

split-complementary

#A55E2E #2EA59A #2E3AA5

monochromatic

#452713 #754321 #A55E2E #CB7B45 #D89D75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#A55E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#A55E2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55E2E

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55E2E	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83762E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B44F53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 94, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.112 52.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58c69',
    500: '#a55e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55e2e;
$custom-light: #c58c69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.202,
    "s": 56.398,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55442,
    "c": 0.11152,
    "h": 52.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55E2E

secondary

#6F9FC0

accent

#A3E048

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EB

border

#D2CBC6

text

#140C06

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

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