#A56240#A56240

#A56240 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.100 H 46.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A56240
RGB	rgb(165, 98, 64)
HSL	hsl(20, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(20, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.6%, 61.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.39, 23.80, 30.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.39, 38.84, 52.21°)
OKLab	oklab(56.4% 0.068 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(56.4% 0.1 46.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.8117, 17.1069, 7.0554)
Luminance	0.1711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A56240 #4083A5

analogous

#A54050 #A56240 #A59540

triadic

#A56240 #40A562 #6240A5

tetradic

#A56240 #50A540 #4083A5 #9540A5

square

#A56240 #50A540 #4083A5 #9540A5

split-complementary

#A56240 #40A595 #4050A5

monochromatic

#4D2E1E #79482F #A56240 #C28161 #D3A48D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#A56240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#A56240 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A56240

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A56240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A56240	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746A3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84793F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4555A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a56240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 98, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.100 46.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48f75',
    500: '#a56240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a56240;
$custom-light: #c48f75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a56240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.198,
    "s": 44.105,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56401,
    "c": 0.09952,
    "h": 46.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A56240

secondary

#83AABE

accent

#A9D454

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8F0ED

border

#D1CBC8

text

#130C08

muted

#827D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A56240

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

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