#B56E39#B56E39

#B56E39 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.113 H 55.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56E39
RGB	rgb(181, 110, 57)
HSL	hsl(26, 52%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(26, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.2%, 68.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.25, 23.46, 40.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.25, 46.95, 60.02°)
OKLab	oklab(60.57% 0.0644 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(60.57% 0.113 55.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.3725, 21.2735, 6.6401)
Luminance	0.2127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56E39 #3980B5

analogous

#B53942 #B56E39 #B5AC39

triadic

#B56E39 #39B56E #6E39B5

tetradic

#B56E39 #42B539 #3980B5 #AC39B5

square

#B56E39 #42B539 #3980B5 #AC39B5

split-complementary

#B56E39 #39B5AC #3942B5

monochromatic

#58351C #86522A #B56E39 #CD8E5F #DBAF8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#B56E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#B56E39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56E39

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56E39	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)

#837634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C55F62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 110, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.113 55.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09871',
    500: '#b56e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56e39;
$custom-light: #d09871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.645,
    "s": 52.101,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60566,
    "c": 0.11308,
    "h": 55.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56E39

secondary

#84AAC6

accent

#9EDC4C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56E39

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

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