#A56D16#A56D16

#A56D16 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.117 H 71.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A56D16
RGB	rgb(165, 109, 22)
HSL	hsl(37, 76%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(37, 87%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.9%, 86.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.68, 15.48, 52.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.68, 54.77, 73.58°)
OKLab	oklab(58.05% 0.0372 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(58.05% 0.117 71.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.1322, 18.9965, 3.3127)
Luminance	0.1900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A56D16 #164EA5

analogous

#A52516 #A56D16 #96A516

triadic

#A56D16 #16A56D #6D16A5

tetradic

#A56D16 #16A525 #164EA5 #A51696

square

#A56D16 #16A525 #164EA5 #A51696

split-complementary

#A56D16 #1696A5 #2516A5

monochromatic

#392608 #6F490F #A56D16 #DB911D #E7AB4E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#A56D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#A56D16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A56D16

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A56D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A56D16	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7E19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B45F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a56d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 109, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.117 71.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5965d',
    500: '#a56d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a56d16;
$custom-light: #c5965d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a56d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.503,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58052,
    "c": 0.11745,
    "h": 71.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A56D16

secondary

#4E7EC9

accent

#7FF335

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F9F2E9

border

#D2CCC5

text

#140D05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A56D16

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

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