#B56E32#B56E32

#B56E32 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.117 H 57.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56E32
RGB	rgb(181, 110, 50)
HSL	hsl(27, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(27, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.2%, 72.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.18, 23.08, 44.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.18, 49.77, 62.37°)
OKLab	oklab(60.49% 0.0622 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(60.49% 0.117 57.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.2097, 21.2085, 5.7830)
Luminance	0.2121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56E32 #3279B5

analogous

#B53237 #B56E32 #B5AF32

triadic

#B56E32 #32B56E #6E32B5

tetradic

#B56E32 #37B532 #3279B5 #AF32B5

square

#B56E32 #37B532 #3279B5 #AF32B5

split-complementary

#B56E32 #32B5AF #3237B5

monochromatic

#553418 #855125 #B56E32 #D08D54 #DDAD84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#B56E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#B56E32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56E32

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56E32	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)

#83752B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C65F61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 110, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.117 57.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0986d',
    500: '#b56e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56e32;
$custom-light: #d0986d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.481,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60489,
    "c": 0.11688,
    "h": 57.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56E32

secondary

#7CA5C7

accent

#9AE048

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56E32

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

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