#B36042#B36042

#B36042 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.116 H 40.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36042
RGB	rgb(179, 96, 66)
HSL	hsl(16, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(16, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.4%, 63.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.91, 30.86, 31.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.91, 44.36, 45.92°)
OKLab	oklab(57.98% 0.0885 0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(57.98% 0.116 40.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.7586, 18.3454, 7.4430)
Luminance	0.1834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36042 #4295B3

analogous

#B3425D #B36042 #B39842

triadic

#B36042 #42B360 #6042B3

tetradic

#B36042 #5DB342 #4295B3 #9842B3

square

#B36042 #5DB342 #4295B3 #9842B3

split-complementary

#B36042 #42B398 #425DB3

monochromatic

#5A3021 #864832 #B36042 #C8836A #D9A897

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#B36042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#B36042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36042

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36042	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766C3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35159

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 96, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.116 40.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8e77',
    500: '#b36042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36042;
$custom-light: #cf8e77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.929,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5798,
    "c": 0.11611,
    "h": 40.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36042

secondary

#8CB6C4

accent

#B3D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36042

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

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