#B56138#B56138

#B56138 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.122 H 45.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56138
RGB	rgb(181, 97, 56)
HSL	hsl(20, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(20, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.4%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.29, 30.51, 37.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.29, 48.62, 51.14°)
OKLab	oklab(58.29% 0.0856 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(58.29% 0.122 45.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.0466, 18.6614, 6.0763)
Luminance	0.1866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56138 #388CB5

analogous

#B5384E #B56138 #B5A038

triadic

#B56138 #38B561 #6138B5

tetradic

#B56138 #4EB538 #388CB5 #A038B5

square

#B56138 #4EB538 #388CB5 #A038B5

split-complementary

#B56138 #38B5A0 #384EB5

monochromatic

#582F1B #86482A #B56138 #CD825D #DBA68C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#B56138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#B56138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56138

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56138	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786C34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C65058

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 97, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.122 45.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18f70',
    500: '#b56138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56138;
$custom-light: #d18f70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.68,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58286,
    "c": 0.12181,
    "h": 45.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56138

secondary

#83B0C6

accent

#ADDC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56138

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

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