#B56737#B56737

#B56737 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.118 H 50.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56737
RGB	rgb(181, 103, 55)
HSL	hsl(23, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(23, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.1%, 69.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.61, 27.20, 39.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.61, 48.27, 55.71°)
OKLab	oklab(59.3% 0.0753 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(59.3% 0.118 50.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.5979, 19.8027, 6.1406)
Luminance	0.1980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56737 #3785B5

analogous

#B53746 #B56737 #B5A637

triadic

#B56737 #37B567 #6737B5

tetradic

#B56737 #46B537 #3785B5 #A637B5

square

#B56737 #46B537 #3785B5 #A637B5

split-complementary

#B56737 #37B5A6 #3746B5

monochromatic

#57321A #864C29 #B56737 #CD875C #DCAA8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#B56737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#B56737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56737

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56737	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7032

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6575C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 103, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.118 50.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09370',
    500: '#b56737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56737;
$custom-light: #d09370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 103,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.857,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59299,
    "c": 0.11805,
    "h": 50.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56737

secondary

#82ACC6

accent

#A5DD4B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56737

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

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