#B36040#B36040

#B36040 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.117 H 41.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36040
RGB	rgb(179, 96, 64)
HSL	hsl(17, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(17, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.4%, 64.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.88, 30.72, 32.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.88, 45.05, 47.00°)
OKLab	oklab(57.95% 0.0878 0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(57.95% 0.117 41.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.7006, 18.3222, 7.1379)
Luminance	0.1832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36040 #4093B3

analogous

#B34059 #B36040 #B39A40

triadic

#B36040 #40B360 #6040B3

tetradic

#B36040 #59B340 #4093B3 #9A40B3

square

#B36040 #59B340 #4093B3 #9A40B3

split-complementary

#B36040 #40B39A #4059B3

monochromatic

#593020 #864830 #B36040 #C98367 #D9A894

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#B36040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#B36040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36040

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36040	1.00	4.50	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766C3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35058

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 96, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.117 41.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8e75',
    500: '#b36040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36040;
$custom-light: #cf8e75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.696,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5795,
    "c": 0.11694,
    "h": 41.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36040

secondary

#8AB4C4

accent

#B2D751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36040

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

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