#B57540#B57540

#B57540 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.106 H 58.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B57540
RGB	rgb(181, 117, 64)
HSL	hsl(27, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(27, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.4%, 64.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.99, 20.02, 39.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.99, 43.86, 62.85°)
OKLab	oklab(61.94% 0.0552 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(61.94% 0.106 58.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.3446, 22.9189, 7.8858)
Luminance	0.2292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B57540 #4080B5

analogous

#B54046 #B57540 #B5AF40

triadic

#B57540 #40B575 #7540B5

tetradic

#B57540 #46B540 #4080B5 #AF40B5

square

#B57540 #46B540 #4080B5 #AF40B5

split-complementary

#B57540 #40B5AF #4046B5

monochromatic

#5B3B20 #885830 #B57540 #CA9568 #DAB496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#B57540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#B57540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B57540

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B57540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B57540	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887B3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C56769

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b57540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 117, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.106 58.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf9d76',
    500: '#b57540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b57540;
$custom-light: #cf9d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b57540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.179,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61938,
    "c": 0.10597,
    "h": 58.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B57540

secondary

#8BABC5

accent

#9AD750

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#140E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B57540

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

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