#A56231#A56231

#A56231 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.108 H 54.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A56231
RGB	rgb(165, 98, 49)
HSL	hsl(25, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(25, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.6%, 70.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.21, 22.81, 38.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.21, 44.83, 59.42°)
OKLab	oklab(56.2% 0.0625 0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(56.2% 0.108 54.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.4407, 16.9585, 5.1020)
Luminance	0.1696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A56231 #3174A5

analogous

#A5313A #A56231 #A59C31

triadic

#A56231 #31A562 #6231A5

tetradic

#A56231 #3AA531 #3174A5 #9C31A5

square

#A56231 #3AA531 #3174A5 #9C31A5

split-complementary

#A56231 #31A59C #313AA5

monochromatic

#472A15 #764623 #A56231 #C9804A #D7A179

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#A56231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#A56231 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A56231

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A56231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A56231	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76692C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B45457

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a56231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 98, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.108 54.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58f6b',
    500: '#a56231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a56231;
$custom-light: #c58f6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a56231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.345,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56197,
    "c": 0.10772,
    "h": 54.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A56231

secondary

#729FC0

accent

#9FDE4A

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EB

border

#D2CBC6

text

#140C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A56231

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

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