#A56236#A56236

#A56236 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.105 H 52.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A56236
RGB	rgb(165, 98, 54)
HSL	hsl(24, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(24, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.6%, 67.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.26, 23.11, 36.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.26, 42.80, 57.33°)
OKLab	oklab(56.26% 0.0642 0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(56.26% 0.105 52.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.5522, 17.0031, 5.6889)
Luminance	0.1700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A56236 #3679A5

analogous

#A53641 #A56236 #A59936

triadic

#A56236 #36A562 #6236A5

tetradic

#A56236 #41A536 #3679A5 #9936A5

square

#A56236 #41A536 #3679A5 #9936A5

split-complementary

#A56236 #36A599 #3641A5

monochromatic

#492B18 #774727 #A56236 #C68052 #D5A280

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#A56236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#A56236 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A56236

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A56236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A56236	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)

#756A32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B45458

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a56236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 98, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.105 52.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48f6e',
    500: '#a56236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a56236;
$custom-light: #c48f6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a56236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.784,
    "s": 50.685,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56259,
    "c": 0.10499,
    "h": 52.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A56236

secondary

#78A3BF

accent

#A2DA4E

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EC

border

#D2CBC7

text

#130C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A56236

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

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