#A9552B#A9552B

#A9552B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.123 H 45.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9552B
RGB	rgb(169, 85, 43)
HSL	hsl(20, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(20, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 74.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.78, 31.33, 39.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.78, 50.21, 51.39°)
OKLab	oklab(54.43% 0.0869 0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(54.43% 0.123 45.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.0486, 15.1088, 4.1456)
Luminance	0.1511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9552B #2B7FA9

analogous

#A92B40 #A9552B #A9942B

triadic

#A9552B #2BA955 #552BA9

tetradic

#A9552B #40A92B #2B7FA9 #942BA9

square

#A9552B #40A92B #2B7FA9 #942BA9

split-complementary

#A9552B #2BA994 #2B40A9

monochromatic

#472412 #783C1F #A9552B #CF7142 #DB9673

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#A9552B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#A9552B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9552B

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9552B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9552B	1.00	5.22	4.02	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6126

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817429

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9444C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9552b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 85, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.123 45.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98666',
    500: '#a9552b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9552b;
$custom-light: #c98666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9552b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54433,
    "c": 0.12346,
    "h": 45.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9552B

secondary

#6DA6C3

accent

#AEE345

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#140B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9552B

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

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