#B56D42#B56D42

#B56D42 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.109 H 50.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56D42
RGB	rgb(181, 109, 66)
HSL	hsl(22, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(22, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.8%, 63.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.12, 24.59, 35.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.12, 43.41, 55.50°)
OKLab	oklab(60.5% 0.0693 0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(60.5% 0.109 50.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.5100, 21.1569, 7.8934)
Luminance	0.2115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56D42 #428AB5

analogous

#B54250 #B56D42 #B5A642

triadic

#B56D42 #42B56D #6D42B5

tetradic

#B56D42 #50B542 #428AB5 #A642B5

square

#B56D42 #50B542 #428AB5 #A642B5

split-complementary

#B56D42 #42B5A6 #4250B5

monochromatic

#5B3721 #885232 #B56D42 #C98E6B #D9B098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#B56D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#B56D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56D42

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56D42	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81753E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C55F63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 109, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.109 50.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09777',
    500: '#b56d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56d42;
$custom-light: #d09777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.435,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60502,
    "c": 0.10862,
    "h": 50.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56D42

secondary

#8EB0C5

accent

#A5D652

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#150D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56D42

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

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