#B36140#B36140

#B36140 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.116 H 42.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36140
RGB	rgb(179, 97, 64)
HSL	hsl(17, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(17, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.8%, 64.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.10, 30.18, 33.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.10, 44.88, 47.74°)
OKLab	oklab(58.12% 0.0861 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(58.12% 0.116 42.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.7924, 18.5058, 7.1685)
Luminance	0.1850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36140 #4092B3

analogous

#B34059 #B36140 #B39A40

triadic

#B36140 #40B361 #6140B3

tetradic

#B36140 #59B340 #4092B3 #9A40B3

square

#B36140 #59B340 #4092B3 #9A40B3

split-complementary

#B36140 #40B39A #4059B3

monochromatic

#593020 #864930 #B36140 #C98367 #D9A894

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#B36140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#B36140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36140

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36140	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776C3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35259

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 97, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.116 42.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8f76',
    500: '#b36140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36140;
$custom-light: #cf8f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.217,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58118,
    "c": 0.11609,
    "h": 42.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36140

secondary

#8AB4C4

accent

#B0D751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36140

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

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