#B49656#B49656

#B49656 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.090 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49656
RGB	rgb(180, 150, 86)
HSL	hsl(41, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 52.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.50, 3.01, 37.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.50, 37.80, 85.43°)
OKLab	oklab(68.65% 0.008 0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(68.65% 0.09 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.4097, 32.1895, 13.3611)
Luminance	0.3219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49656 #5674B4

analogous

#B46756 #B49656 #A3B456

triadic

#B49656 #56B496 #9656B4

tetradic

#B49656 #56B467 #5674B4 #B456A3

square

#B49656 #56B467 #5674B4 #B456A3

split-complementary

#B49656 #56A3B4 #6756B4

monochromatic

#63522C #8E753F #B49656 #C7B080 #DACBAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#B49656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#B49656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49656

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49656	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9D58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 150, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.090 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb487',
    500: '#b49656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49656;
$custom-light: #cdb487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.851,
    "s": 38.525,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6865,
    "c": 0.09028,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49656

secondary

#9EABC7

accent

#7FCE59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49656

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

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