#B56A40#B56A40

#B56A40 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.112 H 48.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56A40
RGB	rgb(181, 106, 64)
HSL	hsl(22, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(22, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.4%, 64.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.40, 26.11, 36.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.40, 44.48, 54.06°)
OKLab	oklab(59.94% 0.0735 0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(59.94% 0.112 48.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.1374, 20.5045, 7.4834)
Luminance	0.2050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56A40 #408BB5

analogous

#B54051 #B56A40 #B5A440

triadic

#B56A40 #40B56A #6A40B5

tetradic

#B56A40 #51B540 #408BB5 #A440B5

square

#B56A40 #51B540 #408BB5 #A440B5

split-complementary

#B56A40 #40B5A4 #4051B5

monochromatic

#5B3520 #885030 #B56A40 #CA8B68 #DAAE96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#B56A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#B56A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56A40

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56A40	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F733C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91833F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C55B60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 106, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.112 48.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09576',
    500: '#b56a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56a40;
$custom-light: #d09576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.538,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59941,
    "c": 0.11157,
    "h": 48.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56A40

secondary

#8BB1C5

accent

#A7D750

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56A40

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

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