#B56237#B56237

#B56237 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.121 H 46.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56237
RGB	rgb(181, 98, 55)
HSL	hsl(20, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(20, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 69.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.50, 29.91, 38.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.50, 48.86, 52.25°)
OKLab	oklab(58.44% 0.0836 0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(58.44% 0.121 46.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.1154, 18.8376, 5.9797)
Luminance	0.1883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56237 #378AB5

analogous

#B5374B #B56237 #B5A137

triadic

#B56237 #37B562 #6237B5

tetradic

#B56237 #4BB537 #378AB5 #A137B5

square

#B56237 #4BB537 #378AB5 #A137B5

split-complementary

#B56237 #37B5A1 #374BB5

monochromatic

#572F1A #864929 #B56237 #CD835C #DCA68B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#B56237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#B56237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56237

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56237	1.00	4.41	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796D33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C65158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 98, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.121 46.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1906f',
    500: '#b56237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56237;
$custom-light: #d1906f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.476,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58442,
    "c": 0.12149,
    "h": 46.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56237

secondary

#82AFC6

accent

#ABDD4B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56237

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

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