#A56037#A56037

#A56037 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.106 H 50.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A56037
RGB	rgb(165, 96, 55)
HSL	hsl(22, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(22, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.8%, 66.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.81, 24.29, 34.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.81, 42.58, 55.21°)
OKLab	oklab(55.91% 0.068 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(55.91% 0.106 50)
XYZ	xyz(20.3911, 16.6430, 5.7522)
Luminance	0.1664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A56037 #377CA5

analogous

#A53745 #A56037 #A59737

triadic

#A56037 #37A560 #6037A5

tetradic

#A56037 #45A537 #377CA5 #9737A5

square

#A56037 #45A537 #377CA5 #9737A5

split-complementary

#A56037 #37A597 #3745A5

monochromatic

#492B18 #774528 #A56037 #C67E53 #D5A181

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#A56037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#A56037 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A56037

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A56037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A56037	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)

#736833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B45257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a56037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 96, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.106 50.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48e6f',
    500: '#a56037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a56037;
$custom-light: #c48e6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a56037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.364,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55911,
    "c": 0.10566,
    "h": 50
  },
  "luminance": 0.16641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A56037

secondary

#79A5BF

accent

#A6DA4E

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EC

border

#D2CBC7

text

#130C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A56037

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

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