#B56A38#B56A38

#B56A38 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.116 H 52.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56A38
RGB	rgb(181, 106, 56)
HSL	hsl(24, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(24, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.4%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.31, 25.61, 40.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.31, 47.61, 57.46°)
OKLab	oklab(59.84% 0.0707 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(59.84% 0.116 52.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.9259, 20.4199, 6.3694)
Luminance	0.2042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56A38 #3883B5

analogous

#B53845 #B56A38 #B5A938

triadic

#B56A38 #38B56A #6A38B5

tetradic

#B56A38 #45B538 #3883B5 #A938B5

square

#B56A38 #45B538 #3883B5 #A938B5

split-complementary

#B56A38 #38B5A9 #3845B5

monochromatic

#58331B #864F2A #B56A38 #CD8A5D #DBAC8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#B56A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#B56A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56A38

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56A38	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C65B5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 106, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.116 52.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09570',
    500: '#b56a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56a38;
$custom-light: #d09570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59838,
    "c": 0.11573,
    "h": 52.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56A38

secondary

#83ABC6

accent

#A2DC4C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56A38

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

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