#A9551C#A9551C

#A9551C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.129 H 50.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9551C
RGB	rgb(169, 85, 28)
HSL	hsl(24, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(24, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.66, 30.74, 46.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.66, 55.51, 56.37°)
OKLab	oklab(54.3% 0.0827 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(54.3% 0.129 50)
XYZ	xyz(19.8222, 15.0183, 2.9534)
Luminance	0.1502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9551C #1C70A9

analogous

#A91C29 #A9551C #A99B1C

triadic

#A9551C #1CA955 #551CA9

tetradic

#A9551C #29A91C #1C70A9 #9B1CA9

square

#A9551C #29A91C #1C70A9 #9B1CA9

split-complementary

#A9551C #1CA99B #1C29A9

monochromatic

#40200B #743B13 #A9551C #DB7027 #E4935B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#A9551C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#A9551C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9551C

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9551C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9551C	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6013

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81731A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA424A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9551c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 85, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.129 50.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca865d',
    500: '#a9551c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9551c;
$custom-light: #ca865d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9551c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.255,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54299,
    "c": 0.12882,
    "h": 50
  },
  "luminance": 0.15016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9551C

secondary

#599BC8

accent

#A5EE39

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAEFE9

border

#D3CAC5

text

#150B04

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9551C

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

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