#B56C38#B56C38

#B56C38 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.115 H 54.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B56C38
RGBrgb(181, 108, 56)
HSLhsl(25, 53%, 46%)
HSVhsv(25, 69%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 40.3%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LABlab(52.77, 24.51, 40.65)
CIE-LCHlch(52.77, 47.47, 58.92°)
OKLaboklab(60.19% 0.0674 0.0927)
OKLCHoklch(60.19% 0.115 54)
XYZxyz(25.1344, 20.8370, 6.4389)
Luminance0.2083 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B56C38 #3881B5
analogous
#B53843 #B56C38 #B5AB38
triadic
#B56C38 #38B56C #6C38B5
tetradic
#B56C38 #43B538 #3881B5 #AB38B5
square
#B56C38 #43B538 #3881B5 #AB38B5
split-complementary
#B56C38 #38B5AB #3843B5
monochromatic
#58341B #86502A #B56C38 #CD8C5D #DBAD8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06
#B56C38 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17
#B56C38 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56C38
5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B56C38#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B56C381.004.065.175.17
#FFFFFF4.061.0021.0021.00
#0000005.1721.001.001.00
##0000005.1721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#817433
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#938438
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C65D60
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b56c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 108, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.115 54.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09671',
    500: '#b56c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b56c38;
$custom-light: #d09671;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b56c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.96,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60194,
    "c": 0.11463,
    "h": 54
  },
  "luminance": 0.20834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B56C38
secondary
#83AAC6
accent
#A0DC4C
background
#FDF9F6
surface
#FAF2EC
border
#D3CCC7
text
#150D08
muted
#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56C38

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#B56C38 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva