#A56D31#A56D31

#A56D31 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.104 H 64.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A56D31
RGB	rgb(165, 109, 49)
HSL	hsl(31, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(31, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.9%, 70.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.87, 16.60, 41.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.87, 44.70, 68.21°)
OKLab	oklab(58.26% 0.044 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(58.26% 0.104 64.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.5416, 19.1603, 5.4689)
Luminance	0.1916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A56D31 #3169A5

analogous

#A53331 #A56D31 #A3A531

triadic

#A56D31 #31A56D #6D31A5

tetradic

#A56D31 #31A533 #3169A5 #A531A3

square

#A56D31 #31A533 #3169A5 #A531A3

split-complementary

#A56D31 #31A3A5 #3331A5

monochromatic

#472F15 #764E23 #A56D31 #C98C4A #D7AA79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#A56D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#A56D31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A56D31

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A56D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A56D31	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F712A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B46060

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a56d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 109, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.104 64.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4976c',
    500: '#a56d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a56d31;
$custom-light: #c4976c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a56d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.034,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58262,
    "c": 0.10374,
    "h": 64.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A56D31

secondary

#7298C0

accent

#91DE4A

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#130D07

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A56D31

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

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