#B56235#B56235

#B56235 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.122 H 47.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56235
RGB	rgb(181, 98, 53)
HSL	hsl(21, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(21, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 70.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.47, 29.80, 39.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.47, 49.60, 53.07°)
OKLab	oklab(58.42% 0.0829 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(58.42% 0.122 47.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.0684, 18.8189, 5.7324)
Luminance	0.1882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56235 #3588B5

analogous

#B53548 #B56235 #B5A235

triadic

#B56235 #35B562 #6235B5

tetradic

#B56235 #48B535 #3588B5 #A235B5

square

#B56235 #48B535 #3588B5 #A235B5

split-complementary

#B56235 #35B5A2 #3548B5

monochromatic

#562F19 #864827 #B56235 #CE8259 #DCA688

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#B56235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#B56235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56235

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56235	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	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)

#796D30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C65158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 98, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.122 47.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1906e',
    500: '#b56235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56235;
$custom-light: #d1906e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.094,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58418,
    "c": 0.12238,
    "h": 47.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56235

secondary

#80ADC6

accent

#AADE4A

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56235

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

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