#B36256#B36256

#B36256 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.107 H 29.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36256
RGB	rgb(179, 98, 86)
HSL	hsl(8, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(8, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.3%, 52%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.68, 31.40, 21.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.68, 37.96, 34.20°)
OKLab	oklab(58.67% 0.0932 0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(58.67% 0.107 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.6395, 18.9934, 11.1708)
Luminance	0.1899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36256 #56A7B3

analogous

#B35679 #B36256 #B39156

triadic

#B36256 #56B362 #6256B3

tetradic

#B36256 #79B356 #56A7B3 #9156B3

square

#B36256 #79B356 #56A7B3 #9156B3

split-complementary

#B36256 #56B391 #5679B3

monochromatic

#62332C #8D493F #B36256 #C68980 #D9B0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#B36256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#B36256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36256

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36256	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756E55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897F55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2565F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 98, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.107 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9085',
    500: '#b36256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36256;
$custom-light: #cd9085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.742,
    "s": 37.959,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58674,
    "c": 0.10709,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36256

secondary

#9EC2C7

accent

#BFCE5A

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36256

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

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