#A56C23#A56C23

#A56C23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.112 H 68.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A56C23
RGB	rgb(165, 108, 35)
HSL	hsl(34, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(34, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.5%, 78.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.51, 16.48, 47.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.51, 50.34, 70.89°)
OKLab	oklab(57.94% 0.0416 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(57.94% 0.112 68.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.1846, 18.8478, 4.1121)
Luminance	0.1885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A56C23 #235CA5

analogous

#A52B23 #A56C23 #9DA523

triadic

#A56C23 #23A56C #6C23A5

tetradic

#A56C23 #23A52B #235CA5 #A5239D

square

#A56C23 #23A52B #235CA5 #A5239D

split-complementary

#A56C23 #239DA5 #2B23A5

monochromatic

#402A0E #734B18 #A56C23 #D38D32 #DEA964

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#A56C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#A56C23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A56C23

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A56C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A56C23	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7018

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B45E5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a56c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 108, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.112 68.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c59663',
    500: '#a56c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a56c23;
$custom-light: #c59663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a56c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.692,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5794,
    "c": 0.11192,
    "h": 68.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A56C23

secondary

#608CC4

accent

#8AE840

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F1EB

border

#D2CBC6

text

#140D06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A56C23

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

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