#B36338#B36338

#B36338 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.118 H 47.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36338
RGB	rgb(179, 99, 56)
HSL	hsl(21, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(21, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.7%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.45, 28.60, 37.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.45, 47.53, 53.01°)
OKLab	oklab(58.35% 0.0799 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(58.35% 0.118 47.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.7681, 18.7955, 6.1168)
Luminance	0.1879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36338 #3888B3

analogous

#B3384A #B36338 #B3A038

triadic

#B36338 #38B363 #6338B3

tetradic

#B36338 #4AB338 #3888B3 #A038B3

square

#B36338 #4AB338 #3888B3 #A038B3

split-complementary

#B36338 #38B3A0 #384AB3

monochromatic

#562F1B #844929 #B36338 #CC835C #DBA78B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#B36338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#B36338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36338

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36338	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796D34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45359

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 99, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.118 47.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf9070',
    500: '#b36338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36338;
$custom-light: #cf9070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 99,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.976,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58349,
    "c": 0.11816,
    "h": 47.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36338

secondary

#82ADC5

accent

#AADC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36338

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

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