#B57940#B57940

#B57940 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.105 H 62.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B57940
RGB	rgb(181, 121, 64)
HSL	hsl(29, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(29, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.1%, 64.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.96, 17.79, 40.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.96, 43.91, 66.10°)
OKLab	oklab(62.69% 0.0486 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(62.69% 0.105 62.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.8207, 23.8710, 8.0445)
Luminance	0.2387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B57940 #407CB5

analogous

#B54041 #B57940 #B5B340

triadic

#B57940 #40B579 #7940B5

tetradic

#B57940 #41B540 #407CB5 #B340B5

square

#B57940 #41B540 #407CB5 #B340B5

split-complementary

#B57940 #40B5B3 #4041B5

monochromatic

#5B3D20 #885B30 #B57940 #CA9868 #DAB796

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#B57940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#B57940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B57940

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B57940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B57940	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7E3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C56C6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b57940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 121, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.105 62.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf9f77',
    500: '#b57940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b57940;
$custom-light: #cf9f77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b57940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.231,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6269,
    "c": 0.1048,
    "h": 62.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B57940

secondary

#8BA9C5

accent

#96D750

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#140E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B57940

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

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