#B56E42#B56E42

#B56E42 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.108 H 51.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56E42
RGB	rgb(181, 110, 66)
HSL	hsl(23, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(23, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.2%, 63.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.35, 24.04, 36.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.35, 43.33, 56.31°)
OKLab	oklab(60.68% 0.0676 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(60.68% 0.108 51.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.6172, 21.3715, 7.9292)
Luminance	0.2137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56E42 #4289B5

analogous

#B5424F #B56E42 #B5A742

triadic

#B56E42 #42B56E #6E42B5

tetradic

#B56E42 #4FB542 #4289B5 #A742B5

square

#B56E42 #4FB542 #4289B5 #A742B5

split-complementary

#B56E42 #42B5A7 #424FB5

monochromatic

#5B3721 #885332 #B56E42 #C98F6B #D9B198

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#B56E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#B56E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56E42

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56E42	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	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)

#82763E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C56064

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 110, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.108 51.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09877',
    500: '#b56e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56e42;
$custom-light: #d09877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.957,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60682,
    "c": 0.10803,
    "h": 51.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56E42

secondary

#8EB0C5

accent

#A3D652

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#150D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56E42

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

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