#A55E31#A55E31

#A55E31 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.110 H 51.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55E31
RGB	rgb(165, 94, 49)
HSL	hsl(23, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(23, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43%, 70.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.27, 25.04, 37.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.27, 45.15, 56.31°)
OKLab	oklab(55.48% 0.0692 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(55.48% 0.11 51)
XYZ	xyz(20.0758, 16.2286, 4.9803)
Luminance	0.1623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55E31 #3178A5

analogous

#A5313E #A55E31 #A59831

triadic

#A55E31 #31A55E #5E31A5

tetradic

#A55E31 #3EA531 #3178A5 #9831A5

square

#A55E31 #3EA531 #3178A5 #9831A5

split-complementary

#A55E31 #31A598 #313EA5

monochromatic

#472815 #764323 #A55E31 #C97B4A #D79E79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#A55E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#A55E31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55E31

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55E31	1.00	4.95	4.25	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72662C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837630

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B45054

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 94, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.110 51.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58c6b',
    500: '#a55e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55e31;
$custom-light: #c58c6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.276,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55477,
    "c": 0.11002,
    "h": 51
  },
  "luminance": 0.16226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55E31

secondary

#72A2C0

accent

#A4DE4A

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EB

border

#D2CBC6

text

#140C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55E31

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

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