#B56240#B56240

#B56240 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.118 H 42.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56240
RGB	rgb(181, 98, 64)
HSL	hsl(17, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(17, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 64.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.61, 30.46, 33.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.61, 45.56, 48.04°)
OKLab	oklab(58.56% 0.0868 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(58.56% 0.118 42.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.3511, 18.9319, 7.2213)
Luminance	0.1893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56240 #4093B5

analogous

#B54058 #B56240 #B59C40

triadic

#B56240 #40B562 #6240B5

tetradic

#B56240 #58B540 #4093B5 #9C40B5

square

#B56240 #58B540 #4093B5 #9C40B5

split-complementary

#B56240 #40B59C #4058B5

monochromatic

#5B3120 #884A30 #B56240 #CA8568 #DAA996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#B56240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#B56240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56240

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56240	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6525A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 98, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.118 42.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09076',
    500: '#b56240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56240;
$custom-light: #d09076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.436,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58562,
    "c": 0.11753,
    "h": 42.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56240

secondary

#8BB5C5

accent

#B0D750

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56240

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

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