#B36043#B36043

#B36043 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.116 H 39.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36043
RGB	rgb(179, 96, 67)
HSL	hsl(16, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(16, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.4%, 62.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.93, 30.93, 31.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.93, 44.02, 45.36°)
OKLab	oklab(58% 0.0889 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(58% 0.116 39.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.7883, 18.3573, 7.5997)
Luminance	0.1835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36043 #4396B3

analogous

#B3435E #B36043 #B39843

triadic

#B36043 #43B360 #6043B3

tetradic

#B36043 #5EB343 #4396B3 #9843B3

square

#B36043 #5EB343 #4396B3 #9843B3

split-complementary

#B36043 #43B398 #435EB3

monochromatic

#5A3022 #864832 #B36043 #C8836B #D8A998

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#B36043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#B36043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36043

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36043	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)

#766C40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35159

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 96, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.116 39.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8e78',
    500: '#b36043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36043;
$custom-light: #cf8e78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.536,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57996,
    "c": 0.1157,
    "h": 39.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36043

secondary

#8DB6C4

accent

#B3D553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36043

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

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