#B56E31#B56E31

#B56E31 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.117 H 58.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56E31
RGB	rgb(181, 110, 49)
HSL	hsl(28, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(28, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.2%, 72.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.17, 23.03, 44.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.17, 50.16, 62.68°)
OKLab	oklab(60.48% 0.0619 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(60.48% 0.117 58.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.1884, 21.1999, 5.6706)
Luminance	0.2120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56E31 #3178B5

analogous

#B53136 #B56E31 #B5B031

triadic

#B56E31 #31B56E #6E31B5

tetradic

#B56E31 #36B531 #3178B5 #B031B5

square

#B56E31 #36B531 #3178B5 #B031B5

split-complementary

#B56E31 #31B5B0 #3136B5

monochromatic

#553317 #855124 #B56E31 #D08D53 #DDAD83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#B56E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#B56E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56E31

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56E31	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83752A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C65F61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 110, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.117 58.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0986c',
    500: '#b56e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56e31;
$custom-light: #d0986c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.727,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60479,
    "c": 0.1174,
    "h": 58.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56E31

secondary

#7BA4C7

accent

#9AE147

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EB

border

#D4CCC6

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56E31

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

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