#B56940#B56940

#B56940 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.112 H 47.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56940
RGB	rgb(181, 105, 64)
HSL	hsl(21, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(21, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42%, 64.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.17, 26.65, 35.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.17, 44.59, 53.29°)
OKLab	oklab(59.77% 0.0752 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(59.77% 0.112 47.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.0350, 20.2996, 7.4493)
Luminance	0.2030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56940 #408CB5

analogous

#B54051 #B56940 #B5A340

triadic

#B56940 #40B569 #6940B5

tetradic

#B56940 #51B540 #408CB5 #A340B5

square

#B56940 #51B540 #408CB5 #A340B5

split-complementary

#B56940 #40B5A3 #4051B5

monochromatic

#5B3520 #884F30 #B56940 #CA8B68 #DAAE96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#B56940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#B56940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56940

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56940	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E723C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90833F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C55A5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 105, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.112 47.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09476',
    500: '#b56940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56940;
$custom-light: #d09476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.026,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59765,
    "c": 0.11223,
    "h": 47.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56940

secondary

#8BB1C5

accent

#A8D750

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF1ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56940

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

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