#A56237#A56237

#A56237 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.104 H 51.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A56237
RGB	rgb(165, 98, 55)
HSL	hsl(23, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(23, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.6%, 66.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.28, 23.17, 35.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.28, 42.40, 56.87°)
OKLab	oklab(56.27% 0.0646 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(56.27% 0.104 51.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.5759, 17.0126, 5.8138)
Luminance	0.1701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A56237 #377AA5

analogous

#A53743 #A56237 #A59937

triadic

#A56237 #37A562 #6237A5

tetradic

#A56237 #43A537 #377AA5 #9937A5

square

#A56237 #43A537 #377AA5 #9937A5

split-complementary

#A56237 #37A599 #3743A5

monochromatic

#492B18 #774728 #A56237 #C68053 #D5A281

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#A56237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#A56237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A56237

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A56237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A56237	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)

#756A33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B45558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a56237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 98, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.104 51.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48f6f',
    500: '#a56237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a56237;
$custom-light: #c48f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a56237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.455,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56272,
    "c": 0.10444,
    "h": 51.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A56237

secondary

#79A3BF

accent

#A3DA4E

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EC

border

#D2CBC7

text

#130C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A56237

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

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