#A56040#A56040

#A56040 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.101 H 45.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A56040
RGB	rgb(165, 96, 64)
HSL	hsl(19, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(19, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.8%, 61.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.93, 24.92, 30.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.93, 39.10, 50.40°)
OKLab	oklab(56.04% 0.0714 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(56.04% 0.101 45)
XYZ	xyz(20.6269, 16.7373, 6.9938)
Luminance	0.1673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A56040 #4085A5

analogous

#A54052 #A56040 #A59340

triadic

#A56040 #40A560 #6040A5

tetradic

#A56040 #52A540 #4085A5 #9340A5

square

#A56040 #52A540 #4085A5 #9340A5

split-complementary

#A56040 #40A593 #4052A5

monochromatic

#4D2D1E #79462F #A56040 #C27F61 #D3A38D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#A56040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#A56040 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A56040

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A56040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A56040	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73693D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83783F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B45358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a56040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 96, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.101 45.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48e75',
    500: '#a56040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a56040;
$custom-light: #c48e75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a56040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.01,
    "s": 44.105,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56042,
    "c": 0.10096,
    "h": 45
  },
  "luminance": 0.16735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A56040

secondary

#83ABBE

accent

#ABD454

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8F0ED

border

#D1CBC8

text

#130C08

muted

#827D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A56040

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

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