#B36251#B36251

#B36251 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.109 H 32.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36251
RGB	rgb(179, 98, 81)
HSL	hsl(10, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(10, 55%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.3%, 54.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.59, 30.95, 24.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.59, 39.25, 37.94°)
OKLab	oklab(58.58% 0.0911 0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(58.58% 0.109 32.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.4450, 18.9156, 10.1467)
Luminance	0.1891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36251 #51A2B3

analogous

#B35171 #B36251 #B39351

triadic

#B36251 #51B362 #6251B3

tetradic

#B36251 #71B351 #51A2B3 #9351B3

square

#B36251 #71B351 #51A2B3 #9351B3

split-complementary

#B36251 #51B393 #5171B3

monochromatic

#60332A #8A4A3C #B36251 #C6887C #D8AFA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#B36251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#B36251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36251

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36251	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766E4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897F50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2555E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 98, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.109 32.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9082',
    500: '#b36251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36251;
$custom-light: #ce9082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.408,
    "s": 39.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58575,
    "c": 0.10857,
    "h": 32.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36251

secondary

#9ABEC6

accent

#BBCF59

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0EE

border

#D3CBC9

text

#140C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36251

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

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