#B56540#B56540

#B56540 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.115 H 44.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56540
RGB	rgb(181, 101, 64)
HSL	hsl(19, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(19, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.2%, 64.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.27, 28.84, 34.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.27, 45.10, 50.25°)
OKLab	oklab(59.07% 0.0818 0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(59.07% 0.115 44.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.6371, 19.5039, 7.3167)
Luminance	0.1950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56540 #4090B5

analogous

#B54056 #B56540 #B59F40

triadic

#B56540 #40B565 #6540B5

tetradic

#B56540 #56B540 #4090B5 #9F40B5

square

#B56540 #56B540 #4090B5 #9F40B5

split-complementary

#B56540 #40B59F #4056B5

monochromatic

#5B3320 #884C30 #B56540 #CA8768 #DAAB96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#B56540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#B56540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56540

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56540	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6F3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E813F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5565C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 101, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.115 44.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09276',
    500: '#b56540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56540;
$custom-light: #d09276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.974,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59071,
    "c": 0.11513,
    "h": 44.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56540

secondary

#8BB3C5

accent

#ADD750

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF1ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56540

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

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