#A56E21#A56E21

#A56E21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.113 H 70.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A56E21
RGB	rgb(165, 110, 33)
HSL	hsl(35, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(35, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 80%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.99, 15.27, 48.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.99, 51.18, 72.64°)
OKLab	oklab(58.31% 0.0378 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(58.31% 0.113 70.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.3691, 19.2630, 4.0313)
Luminance	0.1926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A56E21 #2158A5

analogous

#A52C21 #A56E21 #9AA521

triadic

#A56E21 #21A56E #6E21A5

tetradic

#A56E21 #21A52C #2158A5 #A5219A

square

#A56E21 #21A52C #2158A5 #A5219A

split-complementary

#A56E21 #219AA5 #2C21A5

monochromatic

#3F2A0D #724C17 #A56E21 #D5902E #DFAB61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#A56E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#A56E21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A56E21

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A56E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A56E21	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)

#817214

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4605F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a56e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 110, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.113 70.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c59763',
    500: '#a56e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a56e21;
$custom-light: #c59763;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a56e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58313,
    "c": 0.11269,
    "h": 70.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A56E21

secondary

#5E88C4

accent

#86EA3E

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140D05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A56E21

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

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