#B56D49#B56D49

#B56D49 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.105 H 46.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56D49
RGB	rgb(181, 109, 73)
HSL	hsl(20, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(20, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.8%, 59.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.22, 25.10, 32.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.22, 40.72, 51.95°)
OKLab	oklab(60.61% 0.0719 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(60.61% 0.105 46.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.7291, 21.2445, 9.0476)
Luminance	0.2124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56D49 #4991B5

analogous

#B5495B #B56D49 #B5A349

triadic

#B56D49 #49B56D #6D49B5

tetradic

#B56D49 #5BB549 #4991B5 #A349B5

square

#B56D49 #5BB549 #4991B5 #A349B5

split-complementary

#B56D49 #49B5A3 #495BB5

monochromatic

#5E3826 #895337 #B56D49 #C79074 #D9B3A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#B56D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#B56D49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56D49

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56D49	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C56064

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 109, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.105 46.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf977c',
    500: '#b56d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56d49;
$custom-light: #cf977c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60607,
    "c": 0.10482,
    "h": 46.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56D49

secondary

#94B5C5

accent

#A9D255

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2EE

border

#D3CCC9

text

#140D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56D49

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

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