#A56559#A56559

#A56559 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.086 H 31.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A56559
RGB	rgb(165, 101, 89)
HSL	hsl(9, 30%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(9, 46%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.8%, 46.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.53, 24.41, 17.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.53, 30.16, 35.96°)
OKLab	oklab(57.42% 0.0731 0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(57.42% 0.086 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.9751, 18.0298, 11.7720)
Luminance	0.1803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A56559 #5999A5

analogous

#A55973 #A56559 #A58B59

triadic

#A56559 #59A565 #6559A5

tetradic

#A56559 #73A559 #5999A5 #8B59A5

square

#A56559 #73A559 #5999A5 #8B59A5

split-complementary

#A56559 #59A58B #5973A5

monochromatic

#55342E #7D4D44 #A56559 #BB8A80 #D0AFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#A56559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#A56559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A56559

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A56559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A56559	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746E58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837B58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B25C62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a56559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 101, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.086 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c29188',
    500: '#a56559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a56559;
$custom-light: #c29188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a56559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.474,
    "s": 29.921,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57417,
    "c": 0.08553,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A56559

secondary

#9CB9BE

accent

#B6C662

background

#FCF9F8

surface

#F8F1EF

border

#D1CBCA

text

#130D0B

muted

#827E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A56559

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

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