#B56D31#B56D31

#B56D31 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.118 H 57.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56D31
RGB	rgb(181, 109, 49)
HSL	hsl(27, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(27, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.8%, 72.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.93, 23.58, 44.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.93, 50.20, 61.99°)
OKLab	oklab(60.3% 0.0635 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(60.3% 0.118 57.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.0811, 20.9853, 5.6348)
Luminance	0.2098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56D31 #3179B5

analogous

#B53137 #B56D31 #B5AF31

triadic

#B56D31 #31B56D #6D31B5

tetradic

#B56D31 #37B531 #3179B5 #AF31B5

square

#B56D31 #37B531 #3179B5 #AF31B5

split-complementary

#B56D31 #31B5AF #3137B5

monochromatic

#553317 #855024 #B56D31 #D08C53 #DDAC83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#B56D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#B56D31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56D31

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56D31	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82742A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C65D60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 109, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.118 57.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0976c',
    500: '#b56d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56d31;
$custom-light: #d0976c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.273,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60298,
    "c": 0.11783,
    "h": 57.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56D31

secondary

#7BA4C7

accent

#9BE147

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EB

border

#D4CCC6

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56D31

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

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