#A56342#A56342

#A56342 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.098 H 46.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A56342
RGB	rgb(165, 99, 66)
HSL	hsl(20, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(20, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40%, 60%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.66, 23.40, 29.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.66, 37.96, 51.95°)
OKLab	oklab(56.61% 0.0671 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(56.61% 0.098 46.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.9637, 17.3184, 7.3919)
Luminance	0.1732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A56342 #4284A5

analogous

#A54252 #A56342 #A59442

triadic

#A56342 #42A563 #6342A5

tetradic

#A56342 #52A542 #4284A5 #9442A5

square

#A56342 #52A542 #4284A5 #9442A5

split-complementary

#A56342 #42A594 #4252A5

monochromatic

#4E2F1F #794931 #A56342 #C18363 #D2A68F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#A56342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#A56342 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A56342

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A56342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A56342	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756B3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3575B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a56342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 99, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.098 46.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c49077',
    500: '#a56342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a56342;
$custom-light: #c49077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a56342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 99,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56614,
    "c": 0.09774,
    "h": 46.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A56342

secondary

#85ABBD

accent

#A9D355

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8F0ED

border

#D1CBC8

text

#130C08

muted

#827D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A56342

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

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