#B5956A#B5956A

#B5956A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.070 H 74.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5956A
RGB	rgb(181, 149, 106)
HSL	hsl(34, 34%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(34, 41%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 41.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.64, 6.02, 27.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.64, 27.85, 77.51°)
OKLab	oklab(68.88% 0.0188 0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(68.88% 0.07 74.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4060, 32.3608, 18.1722)
Luminance	0.3236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5956A #6A8AB5

analogous

#B5706A #B5956A #B0B56A

triadic

#B5956A #6AB595 #956AB5

tetradic

#B5956A #6AB570 #6A8AB5 #B56AB0

square

#B5956A #6AB570 #6A8AB5 #B56AB0

split-complementary

#B5956A #6AB0B5 #706AB5

monochromatic

#6E5637 #97764B #B5956A #C9B293 #DECFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#B5956A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#B5956A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5956A

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5956A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5956A	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19667

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99D6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18D8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5956a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 149, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.070 74.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb495',
    500: '#b5956a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5956a;
$custom-light: #ccb495;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5956a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.4,
    "s": 33.632,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68882,
    "c": 0.06985,
    "h": 74.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5956A

secondary

#AEBBCD

accent

#8CCA5E

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F1

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5956A

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

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