#A55E33#A55E33

#A55E33 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.109 H 50.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55E33
RGB	rgb(165, 94, 51)
HSL	hsl(23, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(23, 69%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43%, 69.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.30, 25.16, 36.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.30, 44.36, 55.45°)
OKLab	oklab(55.5% 0.0699 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(55.5% 0.109 50.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.1189, 16.2459, 5.2076)
Luminance	0.1624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55E33 #337AA5

analogous

#A53341 #A55E33 #A59733

triadic

#A55E33 #33A55E #5E33A5

tetradic

#A55E33 #41A533 #337AA5 #9733A5

square

#A55E33 #41A533 #337AA5 #9733A5

split-complementary

#A55E33 #33A597 #3341A5

monochromatic

#482916 #764325 #A55E33 #C87C4D #D69E7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#A55E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#A55E33 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55E33

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55E33	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)

#72672F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837632

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B45054

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 94, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.109 50.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58c6c',
    500: '#a55e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55e33;
$custom-light: #c58c6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.632,
    "s": 52.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55502,
    "c": 0.10902,
    "h": 50.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55E33

secondary

#75A3BF

accent

#A6DC4C

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EB

border

#D2CBC6

text

#140C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55E33

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

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