#B56738#B56738

#B56738 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.118 H 49.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56738
RGB	rgb(181, 103, 56)
HSL	hsl(23, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(23, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.1%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.62, 27.25, 39.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.62, 47.88, 55.31°)
OKLab	oklab(59.31% 0.0757 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(59.31% 0.118 49.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.6221, 19.8124, 6.2681)
Luminance	0.1981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56738 #3886B5

analogous

#B53848 #B56738 #B5A638

triadic

#B56738 #38B567 #6738B5

tetradic

#B56738 #48B538 #3886B5 #A638B5

square

#B56738 #48B538 #3886B5 #A638B5

split-complementary

#B56738 #38B5A6 #3848B5

monochromatic

#58321B #864C2A #B56738 #CD875D #DBAA8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#B56738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#B56738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56738

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56738	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)

#7D7033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6575C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 103, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.118 49.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09370',
    500: '#b56738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56738;
$custom-light: #d09370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 103,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.56,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59311,
    "c": 0.11756,
    "h": 49.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56738

secondary

#83ADC6

accent

#A6DC4C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56738

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

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