#B56E48#B56E48

#B56E48 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.105 H 48.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56E48
RGB	rgb(181, 110, 72)
HSL	hsl(21, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(21, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.2%, 60.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.43, 24.47, 32.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.43, 40.99, 53.35°)
OKLab	oklab(60.77% 0.0699 0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(60.77% 0.105 48.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.8035, 21.4460, 8.9102)
Luminance	0.2144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56E48 #488FB5

analogous

#B54859 #B56E48 #B5A448

triadic

#B56E48 #48B56E #6E48B5

tetradic

#B56E48 #59B548 #488FB5 #A448B5

square

#B56E48 #59B548 #488FB5 #A448B5

split-complementary

#B56E48 #48B5A4 #4859B5

monochromatic

#5D3925 #895337 #B56E48 #C79073 #D9B39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#B56E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#B56E48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56E48

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56E48	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C56165

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 110, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.105 48.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf987c',
    500: '#b56e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56e48;
$custom-light: #cf987c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.917,
    "s": 43.083,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6077,
    "c": 0.10469,
    "h": 48.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56E48

secondary

#93B4C5

accent

#A7D355

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2EE

border

#D3CCC9

text

#140D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56E48

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

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