#B36234#B36234

#B36234 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.121 H 48.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36234
RGB	rgb(179, 98, 52)
HSL	hsl(22, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(22, 71%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.3%, 70.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.18, 28.92, 39.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.18, 49.17, 53.98°)
OKLab	oklab(58.13% 0.0802 0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(58.13% 0.121 48.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.5800, 18.5696, 5.5907)
Luminance	0.1857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36234 #3485B3

analogous

#B33446 #B36234 #B3A134

triadic

#B36234 #34B362 #6234B3

tetradic

#B36234 #46B334 #3485B3 #A134B3

square

#B36234 #46B334 #3485B3 #A134B3

split-complementary

#B36234 #34B3A1 #3446B3

monochromatic

#542E18 #844826 #B36234 #CE8256 #DCA586

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#B36234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#B36234 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36234

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36234	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)

#796C2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 98, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.121 48.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8f6d',
    500: '#b36234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36234;
$custom-light: #cf8f6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.732,
    "s": 54.978,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5813,
    "c": 0.1207,
    "h": 48.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36234

secondary

#7DABC5

accent

#A8DE49

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36234

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

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