#B56B49#B56B49

#B56B49 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.106 H 44.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56B49
RGB	rgb(181, 107, 73)
HSL	hsl(19, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(19, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.9%, 59.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.75, 26.20, 31.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.75, 40.97, 50.24°)
OKLab	oklab(60.25% 0.0753 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(60.25% 0.106 44.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.5182, 20.8227, 8.9773)
Luminance	0.2082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56B49 #4993B5

analogous

#B5495D #B56B49 #B5A149

triadic

#B56B49 #49B56B #6B49B5

tetradic

#B56B49 #5DB549 #4993B5 #A149B5

square

#B56B49 #5DB549 #4993B5 #A149B5

split-complementary

#B56B49 #49B5A1 #495DB5

monochromatic

#5E3726 #895137 #B56B49 #C78E74 #D9B2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#B56B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#B56B49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56B49

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56B49	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C55D63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 107, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.106 44.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf967c',
    500: '#b56b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56b49;
$custom-light: #cf967c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.889,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60252,
    "c": 0.10624,
    "h": 44.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56B49

secondary

#94B6C5

accent

#ABD255

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2EE

border

#D3CCC9

text

#140D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56B49

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

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