#A55E36#A55E36

#A55E36 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.107 H 48.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55E36
RGB	rgb(165, 94, 54)
HSL	hsl(22, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(22, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43%, 67.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.33, 25.34, 34.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.33, 43.18, 54.06°)
OKLab	oklab(55.54% 0.071 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(55.54% 0.108 48.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.1872, 16.2732, 5.5672)
Luminance	0.1627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55E36 #367DA5

analogous

#A53645 #A55E36 #A59636

triadic

#A55E36 #36A55E #5E36A5

tetradic

#A55E36 #45A536 #367DA5 #9636A5

square

#A55E36 #45A536 #367DA5 #9636A5

split-complementary

#A55E36 #36A596 #3645A5

monochromatic

#492918 #774427 #A55E36 #C67C52 #D59F80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#A55E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#A55E36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55E36

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55E36	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)

#726732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B45055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 94, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.107 48.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48c6e',
    500: '#a55e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55e36;
$custom-light: #c48c6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.622,
    "s": 50.685,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5554,
    "c": 0.1075,
    "h": 48.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55E36

secondary

#78A5BF

accent

#A8DA4E

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EC

border

#D2CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55E36

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

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