#A56042#A56042

#A56042 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.100 H 43.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A56042
RGB	rgb(165, 96, 66)
HSL	hsl(18, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(18, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.8%, 60%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.96, 25.08, 29.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.96, 38.36, 49.18°)
OKLab	oklab(56.07% 0.0722 0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(56.07% 0.1 43.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.6848, 16.7605, 7.2989)
Luminance	0.1676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A56042 #4287A5

analogous

#A54255 #A56042 #A59142

triadic

#A56042 #42A560 #6042A5

tetradic

#A56042 #55A542 #4287A5 #9142A5

square

#A56042 #55A542 #4287A5 #9142A5

split-complementary

#A56042 #42A591 #4255A5

monochromatic

#4E2D1F #794731 #A56042 #C18063 #D2A38F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#A56042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#A56042 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A56042

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A56042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A56042	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)

#72693F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B45359

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a56042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 96, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.100 43.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48e77',
    500: '#a56042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a56042;
$custom-light: #c48e77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a56042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.182,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56074,
    "c": 0.09996,
    "h": 43.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A56042

secondary

#85ACBD

accent

#ADD355

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8F0ED

border

#D1CBC8

text

#130C08

muted

#827D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A56042

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

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