#A56E40#A56E40

#A56E40 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.093 H 59.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A56E40
RGB	rgb(165, 110, 64)
HSL	hsl(27, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(27, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 61.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.29, 17.03, 34.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.29, 38.20, 63.53°)
OKLab	oklab(58.64% 0.0476 0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(58.64% 0.093 59.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.0198, 19.5232, 7.4581)
Luminance	0.1952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A56E40 #4077A5

analogous

#A54044 #A56E40 #A5A140

triadic

#A56E40 #40A56E #6E40A5

tetradic

#A56E40 #44A540 #4077A5 #A140A5

square

#A56E40 #44A540 #4077A5 #A140A5

split-complementary

#A56E40 #40A5A1 #4044A5

monochromatic

#4D331E #79512F #A56E40 #C28D61 #D3AD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#A56E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#A56E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A56E40

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A56E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A56E40	1.00	4.28	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F733C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B36263

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a56e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 110, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.093 59.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c39776',
    500: '#a56e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a56e40;
$custom-light: #c39776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a56e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.327,
    "s": 44.105,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58643,
    "c": 0.09341,
    "h": 59.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A56E40

secondary

#83A3BE

accent

#9AD454

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F8F2ED

border

#D1CCC8

text

#130D08

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A56E40

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

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