#A56541#A56541

#A56541 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.097 H 49.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A56541
RGB	rgb(165, 101, 65)
HSL	hsl(22, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(22, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.8%, 60.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.12, 22.19, 31.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.12, 38.14, 54.41°)
OKLab	oklab(56.96% 0.0633 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(56.96% 0.097 49.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.1263, 17.6903, 7.3020)
Luminance	0.1769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A56541 #4181A5

analogous

#A5414F #A56541 #A59741

triadic

#A56541 #41A565 #6541A5

tetradic

#A56541 #4FA541 #4181A5 #9741A5

square

#A56541 #4FA541 #4181A5 #9741A5

split-complementary

#A56541 #41A597 #414FA5

monochromatic

#4D2F1E #794A30 #A56541 #C18462 #D2A78E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#A56541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#A56541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A56541

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A56541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A56541	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)

#776C3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3595C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a56541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 101, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.097 49.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c49176',
    500: '#a56541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a56541;
$custom-light: #c49176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a56541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.6,
    "s": 43.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56964,
    "c": 0.09698,
    "h": 49.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A56541

secondary

#84A9BE

accent

#A6D355

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8F0ED

border

#D1CBC8

text

#130D08

muted

#827D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A56541

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

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