#B56542#B56542

#B56542 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.114 H 43.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56542
RGB	rgb(181, 101, 66)
HSL	hsl(18, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(18, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.2%, 63.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.30, 28.97, 33.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.30, 44.37, 49.23°)
OKLab	oklab(59.1% 0.0826 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(59.1% 0.114 43.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.6951, 19.5271, 7.6218)
Luminance	0.1952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56542 #4292B5

analogous

#B54258 #B56542 #B59E42

triadic

#B56542 #42B565 #6542B5

tetradic

#B56542 #58B542 #4292B5 #9E42B5

square

#B56542 #58B542 #4292B5 #9E42B5

split-complementary

#B56542 #42B59E #4258B5

monochromatic

#5B3321 #884C32 #B56542 #C9886B #D9AC98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#B56542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#B56542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56542

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56542	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)

#7A703F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5565D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 101, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.114 43.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09277',
    500: '#b56542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56542;
$custom-light: #d09277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.261,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59101,
    "c": 0.11421,
    "h": 43.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56542

secondary

#8EB4C5

accent

#AED652

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF1ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#150D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56542

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

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