#B56140#B56140

#B56140 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.118 H 41.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56140
RGB	rgb(181, 97, 64)
HSL	hsl(17, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(17, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.4%, 64.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.39, 31.00, 33.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.39, 45.73, 47.32°)
OKLab	oklab(58.4% 0.0884 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(58.4% 0.118 41.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.2582, 18.7460, 7.1903)
Luminance	0.1874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56140 #4094B5

analogous

#B54059 #B56140 #B59B40

triadic

#B56140 #40B561 #6140B5

tetradic

#B56140 #59B540 #4094B5 #9B40B5

square

#B56140 #59B540 #4094B5 #9B40B5

split-complementary

#B56140 #40B59B #4059B5

monochromatic

#5B3120 #884930 #B56140 #CA8468 #DAA996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#B56140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#B56140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56140

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56140	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C65159

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 97, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.118 41.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08f76',
    500: '#b56140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56140;
$custom-light: #d08f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.923,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58395,
    "c": 0.11837,
    "h": 41.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56140

secondary

#8BB5C5

accent

#B1D750

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56140

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

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