#A55E39#A55E39

#A55E39 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.106 H 47.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55E39
RGB	rgb(165, 94, 57)
HSL	hsl(21, 49%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(21, 65%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43%, 65.5%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.37, 25.54, 33.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.37, 42.01, 52.57°)
OKLab	oklab(55.58% 0.0721 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(55.58% 0.106 47.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.2599, 16.3023, 5.9498)
Luminance	0.1630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55E39 #3980A5

analogous

#A5394A #A55E39 #A59439

triadic

#A55E39 #39A55E #5E39A5

tetradic

#A55E39 #4AA539 #3980A5 #9439A5

square

#A55E39 #4AA539 #3980A5 #9439A5

split-complementary

#A55E39 #39A594 #394AA5

monochromatic

#4A2A1A #784429 #A55E39 #C57C56 #D4A084

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#A55E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#A55E39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55E39

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55E39	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B45055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 94, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.106 47.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48c70',
    500: '#a55e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55e39;
$custom-light: #c48c70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.556,
    "s": 48.649,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55581,
    "c": 0.10598,
    "h": 47.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55E39

secondary

#7BA7BE

accent

#A9D850

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EC

border

#D2CBC7

text

#130C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55E39

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

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