#B56A51#B56A51

#B56A51 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.103 H 39.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56A51
RGB	rgb(181, 106, 81)
HSL	hsl(15, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(15, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.4%, 55.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.65, 27.40, 26.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.65, 38.36, 44.42°)
OKLab	oklab(60.21% 0.0801 0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(60.21% 0.103 39.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.6970, 20.7284, 10.4306)
Luminance	0.2073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56A51 #519CB5

analogous

#B5516A #B56A51 #B59C51

triadic

#B56A51 #51B56A #6A51B5

tetradic

#B56A51 #6AB551 #519CB5 #9C51B5

square

#B56A51 #6AB551 #519CB5 #9C51B5

split-complementary

#B56A51 #51B59C #516AB5

monochromatic

#62382A #8D503C #B56A51 #C78F7C #DAB4A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#B56A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#B56A51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56A51

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56A51	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D744F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45D64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 106, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.103 39.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf9582',
    500: '#b56a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56a51;
$custom-light: #cf9582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60212,
    "c": 0.10327,
    "h": 39.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56A51

secondary

#9BBCC7

accent

#B2D058

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2EE

border

#D3CCC9

text

#140D0A

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56A51

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

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