#B56E2E#B56E2E

#B56E2E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.119 H 59.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56E2E
RGB	rgb(181, 110, 46)
HSL	hsl(28, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(28, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.2%, 74.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.14, 22.88, 45.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.14, 51.34, 63.54°)
OKLab	oklab(60.45% 0.061 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(60.45% 0.119 59.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.1272, 21.1754, 5.3482)
Luminance	0.2117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56E2E #2E75B5

analogous

#B52E32 #B56E2E #B5B12E

triadic

#B56E2E #2EB56E #6E2EB5

tetradic

#B56E2E #32B52E #2E75B5 #B12EB5

square

#B56E2E #32B52E #2E75B5 #B12EB5

split-complementary

#B56E2E #2EB5B1 #2E32B5

monochromatic

#533315 #845022 #B56E2E #D28D4E #DEAC7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#B56E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#B56E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56E2E

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56E2E	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)

#847526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94852E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C65E61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 110, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.119 59.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1986a',
    500: '#b56e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56e2e;
$custom-light: #d1986a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.444,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60449,
    "c": 0.11894,
    "h": 59.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56E2E

secondary

#78A1C7

accent

#98E345

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EB

border

#D4CCC6

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56E2E

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

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