#B36235#B36235

#B36235 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.120 H 47.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36235
RGB	rgb(179, 98, 53)
HSL	hsl(21, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(21, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.3%, 70.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.19, 28.97, 39.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.19, 48.79, 53.57°)
OKLab	oklab(58.14% 0.0806 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(58.14% 0.12 47.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.6027, 18.5787, 5.7105)
Luminance	0.1858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36235 #3586B3

analogous

#B33547 #B36235 #B3A135

triadic

#B36235 #35B362 #6235B3

tetradic

#B36235 #47B335 #3586B3 #A135B3

square

#B36235 #47B335 #3586B3 #A135B3

split-complementary

#B36235 #35B3A1 #3547B3

monochromatic

#552E19 #844827 #B36235 #CD8258 #DBA587

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#B36235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#B36235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36235

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36235	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796C30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 98, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.120 47.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8f6e',
    500: '#b36235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36235;
$custom-light: #cf8f6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.429,
    "s": 54.31,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58141,
    "c": 0.12025,
    "h": 47.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36235

secondary

#7FACC5

accent

#A9DE4A

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36235

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

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