#B36237#B36237

#B36237 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.119 H 47.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36237
RGB	rgb(179, 98, 55)
HSL	hsl(21, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(21, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.3%, 69.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.21, 29.08, 38.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.21, 48.04, 52.74°)
OKLab	oklab(58.17% 0.0812 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(58.17% 0.119 47.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.6497, 18.5975, 5.9579)
Luminance	0.1860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36237 #3788B3

analogous

#B3374A #B36237 #B3A037

triadic

#B36237 #37B362 #6237B3

tetradic

#B36237 #4AB337 #3788B3 #A037B3

square

#B36237 #4AB337 #3788B3 #A037B3

split-complementary

#B36237 #37B3A0 #374AB3

monochromatic

#552F1A #844829 #B36237 #CD825B #DBA68A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#B36237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#B36237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36237

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36237	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)

#786D33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 98, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.119 47.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8f6f',
    500: '#b36237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36237;
$custom-light: #cf8f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.806,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58166,
    "c": 0.11933,
    "h": 47.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36237

secondary

#81ADC5

accent

#AADC4B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36237

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

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