#A56540#A56540

#A56540 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.098 H 49.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A56540
RGB	rgb(165, 101, 64)
HSL	hsl(22, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(22, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.8%, 61.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.10, 22.12, 31.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.10, 38.54, 54.98°)
OKLab	oklab(56.95% 0.0629 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(56.95% 0.098 49.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.0976, 17.6789, 7.1507)
Luminance	0.1768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A56540 #4080A5

analogous

#A5404E #A56540 #A59740

triadic

#A56540 #40A565 #6540A5

tetradic

#A56540 #4EA540 #4080A5 #9740A5

square

#A56540 #4EA540 #4080A5 #9740A5

split-complementary

#A56540 #40A597 #404EA5

monochromatic

#4D2F1E #794A2F #A56540 #C28461 #D3A68D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#A56540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#A56540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A56540

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A56540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A56540	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776C3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3595C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a56540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 101, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.098 49.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c49176',
    500: '#a56540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a56540;
$custom-light: #c49176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a56540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.98,
    "s": 44.105,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56948,
    "c": 0.09755,
    "h": 49.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A56540

secondary

#83A8BE

accent

#A5D454

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8F0ED

border

#D1CBC8

text

#130D08

muted

#827D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A56540

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

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