#A56837#A56837

#A56837 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.101 H 57.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A56837
RGB	rgb(165, 104, 55)
HSL	hsl(27, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(27, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37%, 66.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.71, 19.79, 37.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.71, 42.10, 61.95°)
OKLab	oklab(57.38% 0.0544 0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(57.38% 0.101 57.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.1585, 18.1778, 6.0080)
Luminance	0.1818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A56837 #3774A5

analogous

#A5373D #A56837 #A59F37

triadic

#A56837 #37A568 #6837A5

tetradic

#A56837 #3DA537 #3774A5 #9F37A5

square

#A56837 #3DA537 #3774A5 #9F37A5

split-complementary

#A56837 #37A59F #373DA5

monochromatic

#492E18 #774B28 #A56837 #C68653 #D5A781

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#A56837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#A56837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A56837

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A56837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A56837	1.00	4.53	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6E32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B45B5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a56837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 104, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.101 57.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4936f',
    500: '#a56837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a56837;
$custom-light: #c4936f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a56837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.727,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5738,
    "c": 0.10146,
    "h": 57.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A56837

secondary

#79A0BF

accent

#9BDA4E

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F1EC

border

#D1CBC7

text

#130D07

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A56837

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

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