#B56D38#B56D38

#B56D38 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.114 H 54.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56D38
RGB	rgb(181, 109, 56)
HSL	hsl(25, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(25, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.8%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.00, 23.96, 40.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.00, 47.41, 59.65°)
OKLab	oklab(60.37% 0.0658 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(60.37% 0.114 54.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.2405, 21.0491, 6.4742)
Luminance	0.2105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56D38 #3880B5

analogous

#B53842 #B56D38 #B5AC38

triadic

#B56D38 #38B56D #6D38B5

tetradic

#B56D38 #42B538 #3880B5 #AC38B5

square

#B56D38 #42B538 #3880B5 #AC38B5

split-complementary

#B56D38 #38B5AC #3842B5

monochromatic

#58351B #86512A #B56D38 #CD8D5D #DBAE8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#B56D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#B56D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56D38

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56D38	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827532

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C55E61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 109, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.114 54.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09771',
    500: '#b56d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56d38;
$custom-light: #d09771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.44,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60374,
    "c": 0.11412,
    "h": 54.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56D38

secondary

#83A9C6

accent

#9FDC4C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56D38

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

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