#B36233#B36233

#B36233 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.121 H 48.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36233
RGB	rgb(179, 98, 51)
HSL	hsl(22, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(22, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.3%, 71.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.17, 28.86, 40.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.17, 49.55, 54.37°)
OKLab	oklab(58.12% 0.0799 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(58.12% 0.121 48.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.5577, 18.5607, 5.4733)
Luminance	0.1856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36233 #3384B3

analogous

#B33344 #B36233 #B3A233

triadic

#B36233 #33B362 #6233B3

tetradic

#B36233 #44B333 #3384B3 #A233B3

square

#B36233 #44B333 #3384B3 #A233B3

split-complementary

#B36233 #33B3A2 #3344B3

monochromatic

#542E18 #834825 #B36233 #CE8155 #DCA584

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#B36233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#B36233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36233

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36233	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)

#796C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 98, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.121 48.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8f6d',
    500: '#b36233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36233;
$custom-light: #cf8f6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.031,
    "s": 55.652,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58118,
    "c": 0.12115,
    "h": 48.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36233

secondary

#7CABC6

accent

#A8DF49

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EB

border

#D4CBC6

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36233

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

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