#B56F40#B56F40

#B56F40 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.109 H 53.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B56F40
RGB	rgb(181, 111, 64)
HSL	hsl(24, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(24, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.7%, 64.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.56, 23.35, 37.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.56, 44.07, 58.01°)
OKLab	oklab(60.83% 0.0652 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(60.83% 0.109 53.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.6678, 21.5653, 7.6602)
Luminance	0.2156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B56F40 #4086B5

analogous

#B5404B #B56F40 #B5A940

triadic

#B56F40 #40B56F #6F40B5

tetradic

#B56F40 #4BB540 #4086B5 #A940B5

square

#B56F40 #4BB540 #4086B5 #A940B5

split-complementary

#B56F40 #40B5A9 #404BB5

monochromatic

#5B3820 #885330 #B56F40 #CA9068 #DAB196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#B56F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#B56F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B56F40

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B56F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B56F40	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83773C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C56164

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b56f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 111, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.109 53.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09976',
    500: '#b56f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b56f40;
$custom-light: #d09976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b56f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.103,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60835,
    "c": 0.10862,
    "h": 53.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B56F40

secondary

#8BAEC5

accent

#A1D750

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B56F40

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

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