Exploring the Color #A79056

#A79056 sits at 43° on the color wheel, placing it in the orange family of the warm half of the spectrum. With 32% saturation and 50% lightness, it reads as a softly muted, balanced tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 167, 144, 86 produces a 6.77:1 contrast ratio against black, which clears WCAG AA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #A79056 is a clear variant of CSS gray — about 60 units away from #808080. Designers reach for orange hues at this saturation when the brief calls for a conversational, mid-energy register, and at this lightness when they want a present, comfortable mid-canvas voice. On screen the warm cast tends to pair best with cool neutrals around 210°-230° to balance temperature.

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