#A56E23#A56E23

#A56E23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.112 H 69.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A56E23
RGB	rgb(165, 110, 35)
HSL	hsl(35, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(35, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 78.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.01, 15.35, 48.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.01, 50.43, 72.28°)
OKLab	oklab(58.33% 0.0383 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(58.33% 0.112 69.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.3980, 19.2745, 4.1832)
Luminance	0.1927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A56E23 #235AA5

analogous

#A52D23 #A56E23 #9BA523

triadic

#A56E23 #23A56E #6E23A5

tetradic

#A56E23 #23A52D #235AA5 #A5239B

square

#A56E23 #23A52D #235AA5 #A5239B

split-complementary

#A56E23 #239BA5 #2D23A5

monochromatic

#402B0E #734C18 #A56E23 #D38F32 #DEAB64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#A56E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#A56E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A56E23

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A56E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A56E23	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)

#817217

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4605F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a56e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 110, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.112 69.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c59764',
    500: '#a56e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a56e23;
$custom-light: #c59764;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a56e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.615,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58328,
    "c": 0.11168,
    "h": 69.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A56E23

secondary

#608AC4

accent

#87E840

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EB

border

#D2CCC6

text

#140D06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A56E23

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

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