#B56142#B56142

#B56142 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.118 H 40.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56142
RGB	rgb(181, 97, 66)
HSL	hsl(16, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(16, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.4%, 63.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.42, 31.13, 32.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.42, 45.04, 46.27°)
OKLab	oklab(58.42% 0.0892 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(58.42% 0.118 40.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.3161, 18.7692, 7.4955)
Luminance	0.1877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56142 #4296B5

analogous

#B5425C #B56142 #B59A42

triadic

#B56142 #42B561 #6142B5

tetradic

#B56142 #5CB542 #4296B5 #9A42B5

square

#B56142 #5CB542 #4296B5 #9A42B5

split-complementary

#B56142 #42B59A #425CB5

monochromatic

#5B3121 #884932 #B56142 #C9846B #D9AA98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#B56142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#B56142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56142

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56142	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)

#776D3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7F41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5515A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 97, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.118 40.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08f77',
    500: '#b56142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56142;
$custom-light: #d08f77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.174,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58424,
    "c": 0.11754,
    "h": 40.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56142

secondary

#8EB6C5

accent

#B2D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56142

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

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