#B56539#B56539

#B56539 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.118 H 47.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56539
RGB	rgb(181, 101, 57)
HSL	hsl(21, 52%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(21, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.2%, 68.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.19, 28.40, 38.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.19, 47.72, 53.48°)
OKLab	oklab(58.98% 0.0793 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(58.98% 0.118 47.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.4503, 19.4292, 6.3327)
Luminance	0.1943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56539 #3989B5

analogous

#B5394B #B56539 #B5A339

triadic

#B56539 #39B565 #6539B5

tetradic

#B56539 #4BB539 #3989B5 #A339B5

square

#B56539 #4BB539 #3989B5 #A339B5

split-complementary

#B56539 #39B5A3 #394BB5

monochromatic

#58311C #864B2A #B56539 #CD865F #DBA98D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#B56539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#B56539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56539

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56539	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6F35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6555B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 101, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.118 47.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09271',
    500: '#b56539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56539;
$custom-light: #d09271;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.29,
    "s": 52.101,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58978,
    "c": 0.11842,
    "h": 47.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56539

secondary

#84AEC6

accent

#A9DC4C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56539

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

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