#B56B38#B56B38

#B56B38 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.115 H 53.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56B38
RGB	rgb(181, 107, 56)
HSL	hsl(24, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(24, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.9%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.54, 25.06, 40.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.54, 47.53, 58.19°)
OKLab	oklab(60.02% 0.0691 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(60.02% 0.115 53.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.0296, 20.6272, 6.4039)
Luminance	0.2062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56B38 #3882B5

analogous

#B53844 #B56B38 #B5AA38

triadic

#B56B38 #38B56B #6B38B5

tetradic

#B56B38 #44B538 #3882B5 #AA38B5

square

#B56B38 #44B538 #3882B5 #AA38B5

split-complementary

#B56B38 #38B5AA #3844B5

monochromatic

#58341B #864F2A #B56B38 #CD8B5D #DBAC8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#B56B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#B56B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56B38

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56B38	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C65C60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 107, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.115 53.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09671',
    500: '#b56b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56b38;
$custom-light: #d09671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.48,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60016,
    "c": 0.11517,
    "h": 53.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56B38

secondary

#83ABC6

accent

#A1DC4C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56B38

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

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