#B36436#B36436

#B36436 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.118 H 49.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36436
RGB	rgb(179, 100, 54)
HSL	hsl(22, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(22, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 69.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.65, 27.94, 39.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.65, 48.17, 54.55°)
OKLab	oklab(58.5% 0.0776 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(58.5% 0.118 49.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.8154, 18.9670, 5.8961)
Luminance	0.1896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36436 #3685B3

analogous

#B33646 #B36436 #B3A236

triadic

#B36436 #36B364 #6436B3

tetradic

#B36436 #46B336 #3685B3 #A236B3

square

#B36436 #46B336 #3685B3 #A236B3

split-complementary

#B36436 #36B3A2 #3646B3

monochromatic

#552F1A #844A28 #B36436 #CD8459 #DBA788

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#B36436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#B36436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36436

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36436	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6E31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4545A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 100, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.118 49.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf916f',
    500: '#b36436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36436;
$custom-light: #cf916f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.08,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58497,
    "c": 0.1184,
    "h": 49.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36436

secondary

#80ACC5

accent

#A7DD4B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36436

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

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