#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
RGBrgb(179, 98, 53)
HSLhsl(21, 54%, 45%)
HSVhsv(21, 70%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 45.3%, 70.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LABlab(50.19, 28.97, 39.26)
CIE-LCHlch(50.19, 48.79, 53.57°)
OKLaboklab(58.14% 0.0806 0.0893)
OKLCHoklch(58.14% 0.12 47.9)
XYZxyz(23.6027, 18.5787, 5.7105)
Luminance0.1858 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##B362351.004.454.724.72
#FFFFFF4.451.0021.0021.00
#0000004.7221.001.001.00
##0000004.7221.001.001.00

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

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#B36235 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva