#B36229#B36229

#B36229 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.126 H 52.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36229
RGB	rgb(179, 98, 41)
HSL	hsl(25, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(25, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.3%, 77.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.08, 28.39, 45.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.08, 53.30, 57.82°)
OKLab	oklab(58.02% 0.0768 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(58.02% 0.126 52.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.3604, 18.4818, 4.4345)
Luminance	0.1848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36229 #297AB3

analogous

#B32935 #B36229 #B3A729

triadic

#B36229 #29B362 #6229B3

tetradic

#B36229 #35B329 #297AB3 #A729B3

square

#B36229 #35B329 #297AB3 #A729B3

split-complementary

#B36229 #29B3A7 #2935B3

monochromatic

#4F2B12 #81471E #B36229 #D48045 #E0A277

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#B36229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#B36229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36229

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36229	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)

#796C22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7E28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 98, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.126 52.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08f66',
    500: '#b36229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36229;
$custom-light: #d08f66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.783,
    "s": 62.727,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58016,
    "c": 0.12551,
    "h": 52.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36229

secondary

#70A3C7

accent

#A2E642

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EB

border

#D4CBC6

text

#150C06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36229

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

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