#B36039#B36039

#B36039 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.120 H 44.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36039
RGB	rgb(179, 96, 57)
HSL	hsl(19, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(19, 68%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.4%, 68.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.79, 30.28, 36.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.79, 47.57, 50.46°)
OKLab	oklab(57.85% 0.0852 0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(57.85% 0.12 44.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.5138, 18.2475, 6.1539)
Luminance	0.1825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36039 #398CB3

analogous

#B3394F #B36039 #B39D39

triadic

#B36039 #39B360 #6039B3

tetradic

#B36039 #4FB339 #398CB3 #9D39B3

square

#B36039 #4FB339 #398CB3 #9D39B3

split-complementary

#B36039 #39B39D #394FB3

monochromatic

#562E1B #85472A #B36039 #CC815E #DAA58C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#B36039 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#B36039 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36039

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36039	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36039	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)

#776B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36039;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 96, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.120 44.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8e71',
    500: '#b36039',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36039;
$custom-light: #cf8e71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36039",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.18,
    "s": 51.695,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57853,
    "c": 0.11995,
    "h": 44.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36039

secondary

#83B0C5

accent

#AEDB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36039

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

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