#B56537#B56537

#B56537 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.119 H 48.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56537
RGB	rgb(181, 101, 55)
HSL	hsl(22, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(22, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.2%, 69.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.16, 28.29, 39.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.16, 48.48, 54.31°)
OKLab	oklab(58.95% 0.0786 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(58.95% 0.119 48.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.4014, 19.4096, 6.0751)
Luminance	0.1941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56537 #3787B5

analogous

#B53748 #B56537 #B5A437

triadic

#B56537 #37B565 #6537B5

tetradic

#B56537 #48B537 #3787B5 #A437B5

square

#B56537 #48B537 #3787B5 #A437B5

split-complementary

#B56537 #37B5A4 #3748B5

monochromatic

#57311A #864B29 #B56537 #CD855C #DCA88B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#B56537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#B56537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56537

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56537	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)

#7B6F32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6555B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 101, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.119 48.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d19270',
    500: '#b56537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56537;
$custom-light: #d19270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.905,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58953,
    "c": 0.11937,
    "h": 48.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56537

secondary

#82ADC6

accent

#A8DD4B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56537

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

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