#B56238#B56238

#B56238 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.121 H 46.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56238
RGB	rgb(181, 98, 56)
HSL	hsl(20, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(20, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.51, 29.97, 38.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.51, 48.48, 51.82°)
OKLab	oklab(58.45% 0.0839 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(58.45% 0.121 46.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.1396, 18.8473, 6.1073)
Luminance	0.1885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56238 #388BB5

analogous

#B5384D #B56238 #B5A138

triadic

#B56238 #38B562 #6238B5

tetradic

#B56238 #4DB538 #388BB5 #A138B5

square

#B56238 #4DB538 #388BB5 #A138B5

split-complementary

#B56238 #38B5A1 #384DB5

monochromatic

#582F1B #86492A #B56238 #CD835D #DBA78C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#B56238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#B56238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56238

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56238	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	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)

#796D34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C65158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 98, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.121 46.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d19070',
    500: '#b56238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56238;
$custom-light: #d19070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.16,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58454,
    "c": 0.12105,
    "h": 46.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56238

secondary

#83AFC6

accent

#ACDC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56238

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

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