#B36038#B36038

#B36038 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.120 H 45.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36038
RGB	rgb(179, 96, 56)
HSL	hsl(20, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(20, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.4%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.78, 30.22, 37.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.78, 47.94, 50.92°)
OKLab	oklab(57.84% 0.0849 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(57.84% 0.12 45.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.4891, 18.2376, 6.0238)
Luminance	0.1824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36038 #388BB3

analogous

#B3384D #B36038 #B39D38

triadic

#B36038 #38B360 #6038B3

tetradic

#B36038 #4DB338 #388BB3 #9D38B3

square

#B36038 #4DB338 #388BB3 #9D38B3

split-complementary

#B36038 #38B39D #384DB3

monochromatic

#562E1B #844729 #B36038 #CC815C #DBA58B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#B36038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#B36038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36038

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36038	1.00	4.52	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776B34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 96, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.120 45.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8e70',
    500: '#b36038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36038;
$custom-light: #cf8e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.512,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5784,
    "c": 0.12039,
    "h": 45.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36038

secondary

#82AFC5

accent

#ADDC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36038

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

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