#B36342#B36342

#B36342 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.114 H 42.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36342
RGB	rgb(179, 99, 66)
HSL	hsl(18, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(18, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.7%, 63.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.57, 29.24, 32.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.57, 43.84, 48.17°)
OKLab	oklab(58.49% 0.0836 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(58.49% 0.114 42.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.0375, 18.9033, 7.5360)
Luminance	0.1890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36342 #4292B3

analogous

#B3425A #B36342 #B39B42

triadic

#B36342 #42B363 #6342B3

tetradic

#B36342 #5AB342 #4292B3 #9B42B3

square

#B36342 #5AB342 #4292B3 #9B42B3

split-complementary

#B36342 #42B39B #425AB3

monochromatic

#5A3221 #864A32 #B36342 #C8866A #D9AA97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#B36342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#B36342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36342

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36342	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)

#786E3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3545B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 99, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.114 42.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9077',
    500: '#b36342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36342;
$custom-light: #ce9077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 99,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.522,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58487,
    "c": 0.11356,
    "h": 42.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36342

secondary

#8CB4C4

accent

#AFD652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140D08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36342

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

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