#B36231#B36231

#B36231 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.122 H 49.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36231
RGB	rgb(179, 98, 49)
HSL	hsl(23, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(23, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.3%, 72.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.15, 28.76, 41.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.15, 50.31, 55.13°)
OKLab	oklab(58.1% 0.0792 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(58.1% 0.122 49.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.5145, 18.5434, 5.2461)
Luminance	0.1854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36231 #3182B3

analogous

#B33141 #B36231 #B3A331

triadic

#B36231 #31B362 #6231B3

tetradic

#B36231 #41B331 #3182B3 #A331B3

square

#B36231 #41B331 #3182B3 #A331B3

split-complementary

#B36231 #31B3A3 #3141B3

monochromatic

#532D17 #834824 #B36231 #D08152 #DDA482

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#B36231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#B36231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36231

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36231	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)

#796C2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 98, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.122 49.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8f6b',
    500: '#b36231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36231;
$custom-light: #cf8f6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.615,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58096,
    "c": 0.12205,
    "h": 49.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36231

secondary

#7AA9C6

accent

#A7E048

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EB

border

#D4CBC6

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36231

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

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