#B56545#B56545

#B56545 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.113 H 42.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56545
RGB	rgb(181, 101, 69)
HSL	hsl(17, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(17, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.2%, 61.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.34, 29.18, 31.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.34, 43.30, 47.63°)
OKLab	oklab(59.15% 0.0837 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(59.15% 0.113 42.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.7858, 19.5634, 8.0999)
Luminance	0.1956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56545 #4595B5

analogous

#B5455D #B56545 #B59D45

triadic

#B56545 #45B565 #6545B5

tetradic

#B56545 #5DB545 #4595B5 #9D45B5

square

#B56545 #5DB545 #4595B5 #9D45B5

split-complementary

#B56545 #45B59D #455DB5

monochromatic

#5C3423 #894C34 #B56545 #C8896F #D9AD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#B56545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#B56545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56545

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56545	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5565D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 101, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.113 42.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09279',
    500: '#b56545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56545;
$custom-light: #d09279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 44.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59146,
    "c": 0.11285,
    "h": 42.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56545

secondary

#91B6C5

accent

#B0D553

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF1ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#150D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56545

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

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