#B56E49#B56E49

#B56E49 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.104 H 47.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56E49
RGB	rgb(181, 110, 73)
HSL	hsl(21, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(21, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.2%, 59.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.45, 24.55, 32.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.45, 40.61, 52.81°)
OKLab	oklab(60.79% 0.0702 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(60.79% 0.104 47.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.8364, 21.4591, 9.0834)
Luminance	0.2146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56E49 #4990B5

analogous

#B5495A #B56E49 #B5A449

triadic

#B56E49 #49B56E #6E49B5

tetradic

#B56E49 #5AB549 #4990B5 #A449B5

square

#B56E49 #5AB549 #4990B5 #A449B5

split-complementary

#B56E49 #49B5A4 #495AB5

monochromatic

#5E3926 #895337 #B56E49 #C79174 #D9B3A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#B56E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#B56E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56E49

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56E49	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)

#817646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C56165

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 110, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.104 47.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf987c',
    500: '#b56e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56e49;
$custom-light: #cf987c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.556,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60786,
    "c": 0.10414,
    "h": 47.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56E49

secondary

#94B5C5

accent

#A8D255

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2EE

border

#D3CCC9

text

#140D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56E49

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

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