#B36239#B36239

#B36239 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.118 H 46.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36239
RGB	rgb(179, 98, 57)
HSL	hsl(20, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(20, 68%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.3%, 68.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.24, 29.20, 37.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.24, 47.29, 51.86°)
OKLab	oklab(58.19% 0.0819 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(58.19% 0.118 46.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.6986, 18.6171, 6.2155)
Luminance	0.1861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36239 #398AB3

analogous

#B3394D #B36239 #B39F39

triadic

#B36239 #39B362 #6239B3

tetradic

#B36239 #4DB339 #398AB3 #9F39B3

square

#B36239 #4DB339 #398AB3 #9F39B3

split-complementary

#B36239 #39B39F #394DB3

monochromatic

#562F1B #85492A #B36239 #CC835E #DAA68C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#B36239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#B36239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36239

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36239	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)

#786D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45259

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 98, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.118 46.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf9071',
    500: '#b36239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36239;
$custom-light: #cf9071;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.164,
    "s": 51.695,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58191,
    "c": 0.11843,
    "h": 46.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36239

secondary

#83AFC5

accent

#ABDB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36239

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

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