#B56E40#B56E40

#B56E40 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.109 H 52.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56E40
RGB	rgb(181, 110, 64)
HSL	hsl(24, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(24, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.2%, 64.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.33, 23.90, 37.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.33, 44.13, 57.21°)
OKLab	oklab(60.66% 0.0669 0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(60.66% 0.109 52.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.5593, 21.3483, 7.6241)
Luminance	0.2135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56E40 #4087B5

analogous

#B5404C #B56E40 #B5A840

triadic

#B56E40 #40B56E #6E40B5

tetradic

#B56E40 #4CB540 #4087B5 #A840B5

square

#B56E40 #4CB540 #4087B5 #A840B5

split-complementary

#B56E40 #40B5A8 #404CB5

monochromatic

#5B3720 #885330 #B56E40 #CA8F68 #DAB096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#B56E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#B56E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56E40

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56E40	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82763C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C56063

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 110, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.109 52.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09876',
    500: '#b56e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56e40;
$custom-light: #d09876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.59,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60655,
    "c": 0.10916,
    "h": 52.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56E40

secondary

#8BAFC5

accent

#A2D750

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56E40

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

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