#A56A31#A56A31

#A56A31 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.104 H 62.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A56A31
RGB	rgb(165, 106, 49)
HSL	hsl(29, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(29, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.8%, 70.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.13, 18.30, 40.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.13, 44.63, 65.80°)
OKLab	oklab(57.69% 0.049 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(57.69% 0.104 62)
XYZ	xyz(21.2270, 18.5311, 5.3641)
Luminance	0.1853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A56A31 #316CA5

analogous

#A53132 #A56A31 #A5A431

triadic

#A56A31 #31A56A #6A31A5

tetradic

#A56A31 #32A531 #316CA5 #A431A5

square

#A56A31 #32A531 #316CA5 #A431A5

split-complementary

#A56A31 #31A5A4 #3132A5

monochromatic

#472D15 #764C23 #A56A31 #C9894A #D7A779

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#A56A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#A56A31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A56A31

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A56A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A56A31	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C6F2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B45D5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a56a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 106, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.104 62.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4946c',
    500: '#a56a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a56a31;
$custom-light: #c4946c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a56a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.483,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57687,
    "c": 0.10447,
    "h": 62
  },
  "luminance": 0.18529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A56A31

secondary

#729AC0

accent

#95DE4A

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F1EB

border

#D2CBC6

text

#130D07

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A56A31

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

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