#B56538#B56538

#B56538 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.119 H 48.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56538
RGB	rgb(181, 101, 56)
HSL	hsl(22, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(22, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.2%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.17, 28.34, 38.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.17, 48.10, 53.90°)
OKLab	oklab(58.97% 0.079 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(58.97% 0.119 48.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.4256, 19.4193, 6.2026)
Luminance	0.1942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56538 #3888B5

analogous

#B5384A #B56538 #B5A438

triadic

#B56538 #38B565 #6538B5

tetradic

#B56538 #4AB538 #3888B5 #A438B5

square

#B56538 #4AB538 #3888B5 #A438B5

split-complementary

#B56538 #38B5A4 #384AB5

monochromatic

#58311B #864B2A #B56538 #CD855D #DBA98C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#B56538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#B56538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56538

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56538	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)

#7B6F33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6555B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 101, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.119 48.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09270',
    500: '#b56538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56538;
$custom-light: #d09270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.6,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58965,
    "c": 0.11889,
    "h": 48.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56538

secondary

#83AEC6

accent

#A8DC4C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56538

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

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