#A56E1B#A56E1B

#A56E1B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.115 H 71.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A56E1B
RGB	rgb(165, 110, 27)
HSL	hsl(36, 72%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(36, 84%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 83.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.96, 15.06, 51.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.96, 53.26, 73.58°)
OKLab	oklab(58.27% 0.0365 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(58.27% 0.115 71.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.2925, 19.2323, 3.6275)
Luminance	0.1923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A56E1B #1B52A5

analogous

#A5291B #A56E1B #97A51B

triadic

#A56E1B #1BA56E #6E1BA5

tetradic

#A56E1B #1BA529 #1B52A5 #A51B97

square

#A56E1B #1BA529 #1B52A5 #A51B97

split-complementary

#A56E1B #1B97A5 #291BA5

monochromatic

#3C280A #704B12 #A56E1B #DA9124 #E3AB57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#A56E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#A56E1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A56E1B

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A56E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A56E1B	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817208

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4605E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a56e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 110, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.115 71.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c59760',
    500: '#a56e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a56e1b;
$custom-light: #c59760;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a56e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.087,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58274,
    "c": 0.11543,
    "h": 71.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A56E1B

secondary

#5582C7

accent

#81EF39

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F9F2EA

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140D05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A56E1B

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

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