#B36138#B36138

#B36138 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.120 H 45.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36138
RGB	rgb(179, 97, 56)
HSL	hsl(20, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(20, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.8%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.00, 29.68, 37.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.00, 47.80, 51.61°)
OKLab	oklab(58.01% 0.0832 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(58.01% 0.12 45.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.5809, 18.4212, 6.0544)
Luminance	0.1842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36138 #388AB3

analogous

#B3384C #B36138 #B39E38

triadic

#B36138 #38B361 #6138B3

tetradic

#B36138 #4CB338 #388AB3 #9E38B3

square

#B36138 #4CB338 #388AB3 #9E38B3

split-complementary

#B36138 #38B39E #384CB3

monochromatic

#562E1B #844829 #B36138 #CC815C #DBA58B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#B36138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#B36138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36138

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36138	1.00	4.48	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.48	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)

#786C34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 97, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.120 45.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8f70',
    500: '#b36138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36138;
$custom-light: #cf8f70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58008,
    "c": 0.11962,
    "h": 45.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36138

secondary

#82AFC5

accent

#ACDC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36138

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

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