#B36240#B36240

#B36240 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.115 H 42.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36240
RGB	rgb(179, 98, 64)
HSL	hsl(18, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(18, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.3%, 64.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.32, 29.64, 33.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.32, 44.72, 48.48°)
OKLab	oklab(58.29% 0.0845 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(58.29% 0.115 42.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.8854, 18.6918, 7.1995)
Luminance	0.1869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36240 #4091B3

analogous

#B34058 #B36240 #B39B40

triadic

#B36240 #40B362 #6240B3

tetradic

#B36240 #58B340 #4091B3 #9B40B3

square

#B36240 #58B340 #4091B3 #9B40B3

split-complementary

#B36240 #40B39B #4058B3

monochromatic

#593120 #864930 #B36240 #C98467 #D9A994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#B36240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#B36240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36240

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36240	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7F3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3535A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 98, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.115 42.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf9076',
    500: '#b36240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36240;
$custom-light: #cf9076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.739,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58287,
    "c": 0.11527,
    "h": 42.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36240

secondary

#8AB3C4

accent

#AFD751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36240

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

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