#B56536#B56536

#B56536 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.120 H 49.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56536
RGB	rgb(181, 101, 54)
HSL	hsl(22, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(22, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.2%, 70.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.15, 28.23, 39.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.15, 48.86, 54.71°)
OKLab	oklab(58.94% 0.0783 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(58.94% 0.12 49.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.3777, 19.4001, 5.9501)
Luminance	0.1940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56536 #3686B5

analogous

#B53646 #B56536 #B5A436

triadic

#B56536 #36B565 #6536B5

tetradic

#B56536 #46B536 #3686B5 #A436B5

square

#B56536 #46B536 #3686B5 #A436B5

split-complementary

#B56536 #36B5A4 #3646B5

monochromatic

#57301A #864B28 #B56536 #CE855A #DCA889

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#B56536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#B56536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56536

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56536	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6F31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6555A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 101, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.120 49.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1926f',
    500: '#b56536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56536;
$custom-light: #d1926f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.205,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58941,
    "c": 0.11984,
    "h": 49.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56536

secondary

#81ACC6

accent

#A7DD4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56536

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

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