#B56C40#B56C40

#B56C40 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.110 H 50.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56C40
RGB	rgb(181, 108, 64)
HSL	hsl(23, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(23, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 64.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.86, 25.00, 36.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.86, 44.29, 55.63°)
OKLab	oklab(60.3% 0.0702 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(60.3% 0.11 50.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.3460, 20.9216, 7.5529)
Luminance	0.2092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56C40 #4089B5

analogous

#B5404E #B56C40 #B5A640

triadic

#B56C40 #40B56C #6C40B5

tetradic

#B56C40 #4EB540 #4089B5 #A640B5

square

#B56C40 #4EB540 #4089B5 #A640B5

split-complementary

#B56C40 #40B5A6 #404EB5

monochromatic

#5B3620 #885130 #B56C40 #CA8D68 #DAAF96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#B56C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#B56C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56C40

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56C40	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81743C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C55E62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 108, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.110 50.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09676',
    500: '#b56c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56c40;
$custom-light: #d09676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.564,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60296,
    "c": 0.11031,
    "h": 50.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56C40

secondary

#8BB0C5

accent

#A5D750

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56C40

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

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