#B36243#B36243

#B36243 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.114 H 41.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36243
RGB	rgb(179, 98, 67)
HSL	hsl(17, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(17, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.3%, 62.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.37, 29.85, 31.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.37, 43.66, 46.86°)
OKLab	oklab(58.33% 0.0856 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(58.33% 0.114 41.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.9731, 18.7269, 7.6613)
Luminance	0.1872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36243 #4394B3

analogous

#B3435C #B36243 #B39A43

triadic

#B36243 #43B362 #6243B3

tetradic

#B36243 #5CB343 #4394B3 #9A43B3

square

#B36243 #5CB343 #4394B3 #9A43B3

split-complementary

#B36243 #43B39A #435CB3

monochromatic

#5A3122 #864A32 #B36243 #C8856B #D8AA98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#B36243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#B36243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36243

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36243	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)

#776D40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7F42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3535B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 98, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.114 41.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9078',
    500: '#b36243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36243;
$custom-light: #ce9078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.607,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58332,
    "c": 0.11395,
    "h": 41.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36243

secondary

#8DB5C4

accent

#B1D553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36243

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

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