#A55E32#A55E32

#A55E32 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.110 H 50.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55E32
RGB	rgb(165, 94, 50)
HSL	hsl(23, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(23, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43%, 69.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.28, 25.10, 37.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.28, 44.75, 55.89°)
OKLab	oklab(55.49% 0.0696 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(55.49% 0.11 50.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.0971, 16.2372, 5.0927)
Luminance	0.1623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55E32 #3279A5

analogous

#A5323F #A55E32 #A59832

triadic

#A55E32 #32A55E #5E32A5

tetradic

#A55E32 #3FA532 #3279A5 #9832A5

square

#A55E32 #3FA532 #3279A5 #9832A5

split-complementary

#A55E32 #32A598 #323FA5

monochromatic

#472816 #764324 #A55E32 #C97B4C #D79E7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#A55E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#A55E32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55E32

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55E32	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72672D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837631

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B45054

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 94, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.110 50.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58c6c',
    500: '#a55e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55e32;
$custom-light: #c58c6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.957,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55489,
    "c": 0.10952,
    "h": 50.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55E32

secondary

#73A2BF

accent

#A5DD4B

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EB

border

#D2CBC6

text

#140C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55E32

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

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