#B56541#B56541

#B56541 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.115 H 44.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56541
RGB	rgb(181, 101, 65)
HSL	hsl(19, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(19, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.2%, 64.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.28, 28.90, 34.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.28, 44.73, 49.75°)
OKLab	oklab(59.09% 0.0822 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(59.09% 0.115 44.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.6658, 19.5154, 7.4679)
Luminance	0.1951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56541 #4191B5

analogous

#B54157 #B56541 #B59F41

triadic

#B56541 #41B565 #6541B5

tetradic

#B56541 #57B541 #4191B5 #9F41B5

square

#B56541 #57B541 #4191B5 #9F41B5

split-complementary

#B56541 #41B59F #4157B5

monochromatic

#5B3321 #884C31 #B56541 #C9876A #DAAC97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#B56541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#B56541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56541

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56541	1.00	4.28	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.28	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)

#7B6F3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5565C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 101, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.115 44.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09276',
    500: '#b56541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56541;
$custom-light: #d09276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.621,
    "s": 47.154,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59086,
    "c": 0.11467,
    "h": 44.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56541

secondary

#8CB4C5

accent

#ADD751

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF1ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56541

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

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