#B56C36#B56C36

#B56C36 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.116 H 54.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56C36
RGB	rgb(181, 108, 54)
HSL	hsl(26, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(26, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 70.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.75, 24.39, 41.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.75, 48.26, 59.64°)
OKLab	oklab(60.17% 0.0667 0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(60.17% 0.116 54.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0865, 20.8178, 6.1864)
Luminance	0.2082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56C36 #367FB5

analogous

#B5363F #B56C36 #B5AB36

triadic

#B56C36 #36B56C #6C36B5

tetradic

#B56C36 #3FB536 #367FB5 #AB36B5

square

#B56C36 #3FB536 #367FB5 #AB36B5

split-complementary

#B56C36 #36B5AB #363FB5

monochromatic

#57341A #865028 #B56C36 #CE8B5A #DCAD89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#B56C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#B56C36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56C36

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56C36	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)

#817430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C65D60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 108, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.116 54.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0966f',
    500: '#b56c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56c36;
$custom-light: #d0966f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.512,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60171,
    "c": 0.11569,
    "h": 54.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56C36

secondary

#81A9C6

accent

#9FDD4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56C36

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

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