#A56238#A56238

#A56238 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.104 H 51.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A56238
RGB	rgb(165, 98, 56)
HSL	hsl(23, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(23, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.6%, 66.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.29, 23.24, 34.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.29, 42.00, 56.41°)
OKLab	oklab(56.29% 0.0649 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(56.29% 0.104 51.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.6001, 17.0223, 5.9414)
Luminance	0.1702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A56238 #387BA5

analogous

#A53845 #A56238 #A59838

triadic

#A56238 #38A562 #6238A5

tetradic

#A56238 #45A538 #387BA5 #9838A5

square

#A56238 #45A538 #387BA5 #9838A5

split-complementary

#A56238 #38A598 #3845A5

monochromatic

#4A2C19 #774728 #A56238 #C58055 #D5A283

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#A56238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#A56238 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A56238

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A56238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A56238	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)

#756A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B45558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a56238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 98, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.104 51.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48f70',
    500: '#a56238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a56238;
$custom-light: #c48f70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a56238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.119,
    "s": 49.321,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56285,
    "c": 0.10389,
    "h": 51.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A56238

secondary

#7AA4BE

accent

#A4D94F

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EC

border

#D2CBC7

text

#130C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A56238

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

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