Information about #B56545 color

#B56545 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#B56545 falls into the Orange Color FamilyModerate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(181, 101, 69) — 71% red, 39.6% green, 27.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 31 / 44 / 29. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #B56545 reads as a clearly saturated warm orange and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Spicy Red Brown (#B35C44). Slightly further away sit Adobe (#BD6C48) and Bourbon (#AF6C3E).

The recipe behind #B56545 is rgb(181, 101, 69), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #B56545: 4.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.3:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#B56545 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#B56545 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #B56545

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Adobe color link
Adobe

#BD6C48

Bourbon color link
Bourbon

#AF6C3E

Evermore color link
Evermore

#BE6A3F

Clay color link
Clay

#B66A50

Bamboo color link
Bamboo

#BA6F3F

Rhapsody color link
Rhapsody

#AD603C

Flame Pea color link
Flame Pea

#BE5C48

Brown Sugar color link
Brown Sugar

#AF6E4D

Clay Brown color link
Clay Brown

#B2713D

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#B56545
  • RGB181, 101, 69
  • CMYK0, 31, 44, 29
  • CSSrgb(181, 101, 69)
  • HSL17°, 45%, 49%
  • HSL Precise17.143°, 44.8%, 49.02%
  • HSV17°, 62%, 71%
  • HSB17°, 62%, 71%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.710
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.396
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.271
  • GLSLvec3(0.710, 0.396, 0.271)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.710, 0.396, 0.271, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.710, 0.396, 0.271)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB71%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB39.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB27.1%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDB56545
  • DECIMAL ID11887941
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01