#B36437#B36437

#B36437 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.118 H 48.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36437
RGB	rgb(179, 100, 55)
HSL	hsl(22, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(22, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 69.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.66, 28.00, 38.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.66, 47.79, 54.14°)
OKLab	oklab(58.51% 0.0779 0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(58.51% 0.118 48.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.8392, 18.9765, 6.0211)
Luminance	0.1897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36437 #3786B3

analogous

#B33748 #B36437 #B3A237

triadic

#B36437 #37B364 #6437B3

tetradic

#B36437 #48B337 #3786B3 #A237B3

square

#B36437 #48B337 #3786B3 #A237B3

split-complementary

#B36437 #37B3A2 #3748B3

monochromatic

#55301A #844A29 #B36437 #CD845B #DBA78A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#B36437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#B36437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36437

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36437	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)

#7A6E32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4545A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 100, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.118 48.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf916f',
    500: '#b36437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36437;
$custom-light: #cf916f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.774,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58509,
    "c": 0.11793,
    "h": 48.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36437

secondary

#81ACC5

accent

#A8DC4B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36437

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

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