#B56E37#B56E37

#B56E37 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.114 H 56.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56E37
RGB	rgb(181, 110, 55)
HSL	hsl(26, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(26, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.2%, 69.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.23, 23.35, 41.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.23, 47.76, 60.74°)
OKLab	oklab(60.54% 0.0638 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(60.54% 0.114 56.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.3236, 21.2540, 6.3825)
Luminance	0.2125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56E37 #377EB5

analogous

#B5373F #B56E37 #B5AD37

triadic

#B56E37 #37B56E #6E37B5

tetradic

#B56E37 #3FB537 #377EB5 #AD37B5

square

#B56E37 #3FB537 #377EB5 #AD37B5

split-complementary

#B56E37 #37B5AD #373FB5

monochromatic

#57351A #865129 #B56E37 #CD8D5C #DCAE8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#B56E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#B56E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56E37

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56E37	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)

#837531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C55F62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 110, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.114 56.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09870',
    500: '#b56e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56e37;
$custom-light: #d09870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.19,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60543,
    "c": 0.11418,
    "h": 56.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56E37

secondary

#82A8C6

accent

#9DDD4B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56E37

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

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