#B36340#B36340

#B36340 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.114 H 43.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36340
RGB	rgb(179, 99, 64)
HSL	hsl(18, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(18, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.7%, 64.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.55, 29.10, 33.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.55, 44.56, 49.23°)
OKLab	oklab(58.46% 0.0828 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(58.46% 0.114 43.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.9796, 18.8801, 7.2309)
Luminance	0.1888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36340 #4090B3

analogous

#B34056 #B36340 #B39C40

triadic

#B36340 #40B363 #6340B3

tetradic

#B36340 #56B340 #4090B3 #9C40B3

square

#B36340 #56B340 #4090B3 #9C40B3

split-complementary

#B36340 #40B39C #4056B3

monochromatic

#593120 #864A30 #B36340 #C98567 #D9A994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#B36340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#B36340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36340

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36340	1.00	4.40	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.40	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)

#786E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3545B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 99, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.114 43.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf9076',
    500: '#b36340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36340;
$custom-light: #cf9076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 99,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.261,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58457,
    "c": 0.11446,
    "h": 43.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36340

secondary

#8AB3C4

accent

#AED751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36340

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

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