#B56A42#B56A42

#B56A42 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.111 H 47.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56A42
RGB	rgb(181, 106, 66)
HSL	hsl(21, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(21, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.4%, 63.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.43, 26.24, 34.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.43, 43.71, 53.11°)
OKLab	oklab(59.97% 0.0743 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(59.97% 0.111 47.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.1954, 20.5277, 7.7886)
Luminance	0.2052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56A42 #428DB5

analogous

#B54253 #B56A42 #B5A342

triadic

#B56A42 #42B56A #6A42B5

tetradic

#B56A42 #53B542 #428DB5 #A342B5

square

#B56A42 #53B542 #428DB5 #A342B5

split-complementary

#B56A42 #42B5A3 #4253B5

monochromatic

#5B3521 #885032 #B56A42 #C98C6B #D9AF98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#B56A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#B56A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56A42

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56A42	1.00	4.11	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.11	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)

#7F733E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C55C61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 106, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.111 47.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09577',
    500: '#b56a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56a42;
$custom-light: #d09577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.87,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59969,
    "c": 0.11054,
    "h": 47.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56A42

secondary

#8EB2C5

accent

#A8D652

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#150D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56A42

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

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