#B56E35#B56E35

#B56E35 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.115 H 56.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56E35
RGB	rgb(181, 110, 53)
HSL	hsl(27, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(27, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.2%, 70.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.21, 23.23, 42.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.21, 48.56, 61.42°)
OKLab	oklab(60.52% 0.0631 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(60.52% 0.115 56.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.2766, 21.2352, 6.1351)
Luminance	0.2123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56E35 #357CB5

analogous

#B5353C #B56E35 #B5AE35

triadic

#B56E35 #35B56E #6E35B5

tetradic

#B56E35 #3CB535 #357CB5 #AE35B5

square

#B56E35 #3CB535 #357CB5 #AE35B5

split-complementary

#B56E35 #35B5AE #353CB5

monochromatic

#563419 #865127 #B56E35 #CE8D59 #DCAE88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#B56E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#B56E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56E35

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56E35	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83752F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C65F61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 110, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.115 56.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0986f',
    500: '#b56e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56e35;
$custom-light: #d0986f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.719,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6052,
    "c": 0.11527,
    "h": 56.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56E35

secondary

#80A7C6

accent

#9CDE4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56E35

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

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