#B56231#B56231

#B56231 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.124 H 48.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56231
RGB	rgb(181, 98, 49)
HSL	hsl(22, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(22, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 72.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.43, 29.59, 41.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.43, 51.10, 54.61°)
OKLab	oklab(58.37% 0.0816 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(58.37% 0.124 48.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.9802, 18.7836, 5.2679)
Luminance	0.1878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56231 #3184B5

analogous

#B53142 #B56231 #B5A431

triadic

#B56231 #31B562 #6231B5

tetradic

#B56231 #42B531 #3184B5 #A431B5

square

#B56231 #42B531 #3184B5 #A431B5

split-complementary

#B56231 #31B5A4 #3142B5

monochromatic

#552E17 #854824 #B56231 #D08153 #DDA583

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#B56231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#B56231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56231

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56231	1.00	4.42	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796D2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C65157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 98, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.124 48.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1906b',
    500: '#b56231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56231;
$custom-light: #d1906b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.273,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58372,
    "c": 0.12414,
    "h": 48.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56231

secondary

#7BABC7

accent

#A8E147

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EB

border

#D4CBC6

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56231

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

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