#A55E40#A55E40

#A55E40 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.103 H 43.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55E40
RGB	rgb(165, 94, 64)
HSL	hsl(18, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(18, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43%, 61.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.47, 26.04, 29.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.47, 39.39, 48.62°)
OKLab	oklab(55.69% 0.0748 0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(55.69% 0.103 43.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.4467, 16.3770, 6.9338)
Luminance	0.1638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55E40 #4087A5

analogous

#A54054 #A55E40 #A59140

triadic

#A55E40 #40A55E #5E40A5

tetradic

#A55E40 #54A540 #4087A5 #9140A5

square

#A55E40 #54A540 #4087A5 #9140A5

split-complementary

#A55E40 #40A591 #4054A5

monochromatic

#4D2C1E #79452F #A55E40 #C27D61 #D3A28D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#A55E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#A55E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55E40

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55E40	1.00	4.91	4.27	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71673D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82773F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B45157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 94, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.103 43.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48c75',
    500: '#a55e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55e40;
$custom-light: #c48c75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.822,
    "s": 44.105,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55687,
    "c": 0.10253,
    "h": 43.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55E40

secondary

#83ACBE

accent

#AED454

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8F0ED

border

#D1CBC8

text

#130C08

muted

#827D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55E40

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

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