#B36046#B36046

#B36046 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.115 H 38.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36046
RGB	rgb(179, 96, 70)
HSL	hsl(14, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(14, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.4%, 60.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.97, 31.15, 29.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.97, 43.02, 43.61°)
OKLab	oklab(58.04% 0.0901 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(58.04% 0.115 38.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.8806, 18.3942, 8.0860)
Luminance	0.1839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36046 #4699B3

analogous

#B34663 #B36046 #B39746

triadic

#B36046 #46B360 #6046B3

tetradic

#B36046 #63B346 #4699B3 #9746B3

square

#B36046 #63B346 #4699B3 #9746B3

split-complementary

#B36046 #46B397 #4663B3

monochromatic

#5B3124 #874835 #B36046 #C7846F #D8AA9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#B36046 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#B36046 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36046

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36046	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36046	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756C44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3515A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36046;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 96, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.115 38.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8e7a',
    500: '#b36046',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36046;
$custom-light: #ce8e7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36046",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.312,
    "s": 43.775,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58044,
    "c": 0.1145,
    "h": 38.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36046

secondary

#90B8C4

accent

#B5D454

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36046

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

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