#A56036#A56036

#A56036 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.106 H 50.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A56036
RGB	rgb(165, 96, 54)
HSL	hsl(23, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(23, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.8%, 67.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.79, 24.23, 35.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.79, 42.97, 55.68°)
OKLab	oklab(55.9% 0.0676 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(55.9% 0.106 50.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.3674, 16.6335, 5.6273)
Luminance	0.1663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A56036 #367BA5

analogous

#A53643 #A56036 #A59736

triadic

#A56036 #36A560 #6036A5

tetradic

#A56036 #43A536 #367BA5 #9736A5

square

#A56036 #43A536 #367BA5 #9736A5

split-complementary

#A56036 #36A597 #3643A5

monochromatic

#492A18 #774527 #A56036 #C67E52 #D5A080

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#A56036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#A56036 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A56036

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A56036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A56036	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B45256

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a56036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 96, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.106 50.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48e6e',
    500: '#a56036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a56036;
$custom-light: #c48e6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a56036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.703,
    "s": 50.685,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55897,
    "c": 0.10619,
    "h": 50.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A56036

secondary

#78A4BF

accent

#A5DA4E

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EC

border

#D2CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A56036

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

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