#A56E16#A56E16

#A56E16 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.117 H 72.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A56E16
RGB	rgb(165, 110, 22)
HSL	hsl(37, 76%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(37, 87%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 86.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.93, 14.91, 52.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.93, 54.81, 74.21°)
OKLab	oklab(58.25% 0.0356 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(58.25% 0.117 72.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.2395, 19.2111, 3.3484)
Luminance	0.1921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A56E16 #164DA5

analogous

#A52616 #A56E16 #95A516

triadic

#A56E16 #16A56E #6E16A5

tetradic

#A56E16 #16A526 #164DA5 #A51695

square

#A56E16 #16A526 #164DA5 #A51695

split-complementary

#A56E16 #1695A5 #2616A5

monochromatic

#392608 #6F4A0F #A56E16 #DB921D #E7AC4E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#A56E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#A56E16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A56E16

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A56E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A56E16	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4605E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a56e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 110, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.117 72.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5975d',
    500: '#a56e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a56e16;
$custom-light: #c5975d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a56e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.923,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58247,
    "c": 0.11739,
    "h": 72.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A56E16

secondary

#4E7DC9

accent

#7EF335

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F9F2E9

border

#D2CCC5

text

#140D05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A56E16

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

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