#B56040#B56040

#B56040 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.119 H 40.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56040
RGB	rgb(181, 96, 64)
HSL	hsl(16, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(16, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47%, 64.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.17, 31.54, 33.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.17, 45.91, 46.61°)
OKLab	oklab(58.23% 0.0901 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(58.23% 0.119 40.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.1663, 18.5623, 7.1597)
Luminance	0.1856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56040 #4095B5

analogous

#B5405B #B56040 #B59A40

triadic

#B56040 #40B560 #6040B5

tetradic

#B56040 #5BB540 #4095B5 #9A40B5

square

#B56040 #5BB540 #4095B5 #9A40B5

split-complementary

#B56040 #40B59A #405BB5

monochromatic

#5B3020 #884830 #B56040 #CA8368 #DAA896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#B56040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#B56040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56040

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56040	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776C3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7F3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C65058

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 96, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.119 40.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08e75',
    500: '#b56040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56040;
$custom-light: #d08e75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.41,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58228,
    "c": 0.11922,
    "h": 40.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56040

secondary

#8BB6C5

accent

#B2D750

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56040

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

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