#A55E44#A55E44

#A55E44 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.101 H 40.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55E44
RGB	rgb(165, 94, 68)
HSL	hsl(16, 42%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(16, 59%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43%, 58.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.53, 26.35, 27.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.53, 37.97, 46.06°)
OKLab	oklab(55.75% 0.0763 0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(55.75% 0.101 40.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.5646, 16.4242, 7.5549)
Luminance	0.1642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55E44 #448BA5

analogous

#A5445B #A55E44 #A58E44

triadic

#A55E44 #44A55E #5E44A5

tetradic

#A55E44 #5BA544 #448BA5 #8E44A5

square

#A55E44 #5BA544 #448BA5 #8E44A5

split-complementary

#A55E44 #44A58E #445BA5

monochromatic

#4E2D20 #7A4532 #A55E44 #C07E66 #D2A392

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#A55E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#A55E44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55E44

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55E44	1.00	4.90	4.28	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706742

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B35158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 94, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.101 40.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48c78',
    500: '#a55e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55e44;
$custom-light: #c48c78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.082,
    "s": 41.631,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55753,
    "c": 0.10066,
    "h": 40.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55E44

secondary

#87AFBD

accent

#B0D156

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8F0ED

border

#D1CBC8

text

#130C09

muted

#827D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55E44

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

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