#a56e16

Color #a56e16

A vivid, highly saturated dark orange.

Closest named color Peru #cd853f · ΔE 13.51 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-700 #a65f00 · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a56e16

RGB

rgb(165, 110, 22)

HSL

hsl(36.9, 76.5%, 36.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(36.9, 86.7%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 86.7%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(50.93, 14.91, 52.74)

LCH

lch(50.93, 54.81, 74.21)

OKLCH

oklch(58.3%, 0.1174, 72.35)

HWB

hwb(36.9, 8.6%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#164da5

Analogous

#a52616

#a56e16

#95a516

Triadic

#a56e16

#16a56e

#6e16a5

Split-complementary

#a56e16

#1695a5

#2616a5

Tetradic

#a56e16

#4da516

#164da5

#6e16a5

Square

#a56e16

#16a526

#164da5

#a51695

Shades

Color #a56e16 mixed toward black.

#8a5c12

#6e490f

#53370b

#372507

#1c1204

Tints

Color #a56e16 mixed toward white.

#d58e1c

#e6a641

#ecbc71

#f2d3a0

#f9e9d0

Tones

Color #a56e16 mixed toward gray.

#996b22

#8d692e

#81663a

#756346

#6a6052

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.84:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#90903b · ΔE 19.6

Deuteranopia

#939741 · ΔE 21.6

Tritanopia

#a34c4f · ΔE 28.7

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 24.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #a56e16;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a56e16]

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Frequently asked questions

#a56e16 (#a56e16) is rgb(165, 110, 22) in RGB.

No, #a56e16 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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