#B56D55#B56D55

#B56D55 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.099 H 39.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56D55
RGB	rgb(181, 109, 85)
HSL	hsl(15, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(15, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.8%, 53%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.41, 26.10, 25.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.41, 36.52, 44.38°)
OKLab	oklab(60.81% 0.0767 0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(60.81% 0.099 39.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.1661, 21.4193, 11.3489)
Luminance	0.2142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56D55 #559DB5

analogous

#B5556D #B56D55 #B59D55

triadic

#B56D55 #55B56D #6D55B5

tetradic

#B56D55 #6DB555 #559DB5 #9D55B5

square

#B56D55 #6DB555 #559DB5 #9D55B5

split-complementary

#B56D55 #55B59D #556DB5

monochromatic

#643A2C #8F523E #B56D55 #C89280 #DAB6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#B56D55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#B56D55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56D55

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56D55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56D55	1.00	3.97	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7653

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C46167

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56d55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 109, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.099 39.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf9785',
    500: '#b56d55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56d55;
$custom-light: #cf9785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56d55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 39.344,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60814,
    "c": 0.09889,
    "h": 39.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56D55

secondary

#9EBDC8

accent

#B2CF59

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2EF

border

#D3CCCA

text

#140D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56D55

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

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