#B56E36#B56E36

#B56E36 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.115 H 56.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56E36
RGB	rgb(181, 110, 54)
HSL	hsl(26, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(26, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.2%, 70.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.22, 23.29, 42.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.22, 48.16, 61.08°)
OKLab	oklab(60.53% 0.0634 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(60.53% 0.115 56.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.2998, 21.2445, 6.2575)
Luminance	0.2124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56E36 #367DB5

analogous

#B5363D #B56E36 #B5AD36

triadic

#B56E36 #36B56E #6E36B5

tetradic

#B56E36 #3DB536 #367DB5 #AD36B5

square

#B56E36 #3DB536 #367DB5 #AD36B5

split-complementary

#B56E36 #36B5AD #363DB5

monochromatic

#57351A #865128 #B56E36 #CE8D5A #DCAE89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#B56E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#B56E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56E36

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56E36	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)

#837530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C65F62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 110, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.115 56.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0986f',
    500: '#b56e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56e36;
$custom-light: #d0986f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.457,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60532,
    "c": 0.11473,
    "h": 56.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56E36

secondary

#81A7C6

accent

#9DDD4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56E36

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

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