#B56D51#B56D51

#B56D51 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.101 H 41.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56D51
RGB	rgb(181, 109, 81)
HSL	hsl(17, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(17, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.8%, 55.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.34, 25.75, 27.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.34, 37.84, 47.12°)
OKLab	oklab(60.74% 0.0751 0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(60.74% 0.101 41.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.0116, 21.3575, 10.5355)
Luminance	0.2135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56D51 #5199B5

analogous

#B55167 #B56D51 #B59F51

triadic

#B56D51 #51B56D #6D51B5

tetradic

#B56D51 #67B551 #5199B5 #9F51B5

square

#B56D51 #67B551 #5199B5 #9F51B5

split-complementary

#B56D51 #51B59F #5167B5

monochromatic

#62392A #8D533C #B56D51 #C7917C #DAB5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#B56D51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#B56D51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56D51

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56D51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56D51	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80764F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C46166

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56d51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 109, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.101 41.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf9782',
    500: '#b56d51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56d51;
$custom-light: #cf9782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56d51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.8,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60741,
    "c": 0.10075,
    "h": 41.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56D51

secondary

#9BBBC7

accent

#AED058

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2EE

border

#D3CCC9

text

#140D0A

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56D51

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

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