#A56E35#A56E35

#A56E35 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.101 H 64.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A56E35
RGB	rgb(165, 110, 53)
HSL	hsl(31, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(31, 68%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 67.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.16, 16.27, 39.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.16, 43.02, 67.78°)
OKLab	oklab(58.5% 0.0436 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(58.5% 0.101 64.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.7371, 19.4101, 5.9692)
Luminance	0.1941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A56E35 #356CA5

analogous

#A53635 #A56E35 #A4A535

triadic

#A56E35 #35A56E #6E35A5

tetradic

#A56E35 #35A536 #356CA5 #A535A4

square

#A56E35 #35A536 #356CA5 #A535A4

split-complementary

#A56E35 #35A4A5 #3635A5

monochromatic

#483017 #774F26 #A56E35 #C78D50 #D6AB7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#A56E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#A56E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A56E35

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A56E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A56E35	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80722F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B46261

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a56e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 110, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.101 64.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4976f',
    500: '#a56e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a56e35;
$custom-light: #c4976f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a56e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.536,
    "s": 51.376,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.585,
    "c": 0.10096,
    "h": 64.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A56E35

secondary

#779ABF

accent

#93DB4D

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EC

border

#D1CCC7

text

#130D07

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A56E35

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

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