#B36037#B36037

#B36037 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.121 H 45.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36037
RGB	rgb(179, 96, 55)
HSL	hsl(20, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(20, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.4%, 69.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.77, 30.17, 37.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.77, 48.31, 51.36°)
OKLab	oklab(57.83% 0.0845 0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(57.83% 0.121 45.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.4649, 18.2279, 5.8963)
Luminance	0.1822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36037 #378AB3

analogous

#B3374C #B36037 #B39E37

triadic

#B36037 #37B360 #6037B3

tetradic

#B36037 #4CB337 #378AB3 #9E37B3

square

#B36037 #4CB337 #378AB3 #9E37B3

split-complementary

#B36037 #37B39E #374CB3

monochromatic

#552E1A #844729 #B36037 #CD805B #DBA48A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#B36037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#B36037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36037

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36037	1.00	4.52	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776B33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 96, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.121 45.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8e6f',
    500: '#b36037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36037;
$custom-light: #cf8e6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.839,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57827,
    "c": 0.12082,
    "h": 45.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36037

secondary

#81AEC5

accent

#ACDC4B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36037

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

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