#A56A42#A56A42

#A56A42 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.094 H 53.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A56A42
RGB	rgb(165, 106, 66)
HSL	hsl(24, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(24, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.8%, 60%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.34, 19.45, 31.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.34, 37.40, 58.67°)
OKLab	oklab(57.91% 0.0551 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(57.91% 0.094 53.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.6559, 18.7027, 7.6226)
Luminance	0.1870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A56A42 #427DA5

analogous

#A5424C #A56A42 #A59B42

triadic

#A56A42 #42A56A #6A42A5

tetradic

#A56A42 #4CA542 #427DA5 #9B42A5

square

#A56A42 #4CA542 #427DA5 #9B42A5

split-complementary

#A56A42 #42A59B #424CA5

monochromatic

#4E321F #794E31 #A56A42 #C18963 #D2AA8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#A56A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#A56A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A56A42

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A56A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A56A42	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B703E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B35E60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a56a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 106, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.094 53.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c39577',
    500: '#a56a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a56a42;
$custom-light: #c39577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a56a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.242,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5791,
    "c": 0.09362,
    "h": 53.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A56A42

secondary

#85A7BD

accent

#A0D355

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F8F1ED

border

#D1CBC8

text

#130D09

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A56A42

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

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