#B36142#B36142

#B36142 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.115 H 41.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36142
RGB	rgb(179, 97, 66)
HSL	hsl(16, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(16, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.8%, 63.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.13, 30.32, 32.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.13, 44.18, 46.66°)
OKLab	oklab(58.15% 0.0869 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(58.15% 0.115 41.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.8504, 18.5290, 7.4736)
Luminance	0.1853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36142 #4294B3

analogous

#B3425C #B36142 #B39942

triadic

#B36142 #42B361 #6142B3

tetradic

#B36142 #5CB342 #4294B3 #9942B3

square

#B36142 #5CB342 #4294B3 #9942B3

split-complementary

#B36142 #42B399 #425CB3

monochromatic

#5A3121 #864932 #B36142 #C8846A #D9A997

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#B36142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#B36142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36142

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36142	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776C3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3525A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 97, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.115 41.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8f77',
    500: '#b36142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36142;
$custom-light: #cf8f77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.46,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58148,
    "c": 0.11524,
    "h": 41.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36142

secondary

#8CB5C4

accent

#B2D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36142

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

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