#B36137#B36137

#B36137 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.120 H 46.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36137
RGB	rgb(179, 97, 55)
HSL	hsl(20, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(20, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.8%, 69.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.99, 29.63, 37.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.99, 48.17, 52.05°)
OKLab	oklab(58% 0.0829 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(58% 0.12 46.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.5567, 18.4115, 5.9269)
Luminance	0.1841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36137 #3789B3

analogous

#B3374B #B36137 #B39F37

triadic

#B36137 #37B361 #6137B3

tetradic

#B36137 #4BB337 #3789B3 #9F37B3

square

#B36137 #4BB337 #3789B3 #9F37B3

split-complementary

#B36137 #37B39F #374BB3

monochromatic

#552E1A #844829 #B36137 #CD815B #DBA58A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#B36137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#B36137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36137

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36137	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)

#786C33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 97, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.120 46.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8f6f',
    500: '#b36137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36137;
$custom-light: #cf8f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.323,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57996,
    "c": 0.12007,
    "h": 46.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36137

secondary

#81AEC5

accent

#ABDC4B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36137

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

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