#A56235#A56235

#A56235 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.106 H 52.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A56235
RGB	rgb(165, 98, 53)
HSL	hsl(24, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(24, 68%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.6%, 67.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.25, 23.04, 36.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.25, 43.21, 57.77°)
OKLab	oklab(56.25% 0.0639 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(56.25% 0.106 52.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.5289, 16.9938, 5.5665)
Luminance	0.1699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A56235 #3578A5

analogous

#A53540 #A56235 #A59A35

triadic

#A56235 #35A562 #6235A5

tetradic

#A56235 #40A535 #3578A5 #9A35A5

square

#A56235 #40A535 #3578A5 #9A35A5

split-complementary

#A56235 #35A59A #3540A5

monochromatic

#482B17 #774626 #A56235 #C78050 #D6A27F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#A56235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#A56235 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A56235

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A56235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A56235	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B45458

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a56235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 98, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.106 52.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48f6e',
    500: '#a56235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a56235;
$custom-light: #c48f6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a56235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.107,
    "s": 51.376,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56246,
    "c": 0.10554,
    "h": 52.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A56235

secondary

#77A2BF

accent

#A2DB4D

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EC

border

#D2CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A56235

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

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