#A56538#A56538

#A56538 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.102 H 54.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A56538
RGB	rgb(165, 101, 56)
HSL	hsl(25, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(25, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.8%, 66.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.00, 21.55, 35.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.00, 41.79, 58.96°)
OKLab	oklab(56.84% 0.0599 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(56.84% 0.102 54.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.8861, 17.5942, 6.0367)
Luminance	0.1759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A56538 #3878A5

analogous

#A53841 #A56538 #A59B38

triadic

#A56538 #38A565 #6538A5

tetradic

#A56538 #41A538 #3878A5 #9B38A5

square

#A56538 #41A538 #3878A5 #9B38A5

split-complementary

#A56538 #38A59B #3841A5

monochromatic

#4A2D19 #774928 #A56538 #C58355 #D5A583

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#A56538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#A56538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A56538

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A56538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A56538	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786C34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4585B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a56538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 101, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.102 54.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c49170',
    500: '#a56538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a56538;
$custom-light: #c49170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a56538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.771,
    "s": 49.321,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56835,
    "c": 0.10223,
    "h": 54.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A56538

secondary

#7AA2BE

accent

#A0D94F

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F8F0EC

border

#D1CBC7

text

#130D07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A56538

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

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