#B36438#B36438

#B36438 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.117 H 48.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36438
RGB	rgb(179, 100, 56)
HSL	hsl(21, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(21, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.67, 28.05, 38.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.67, 47.41, 53.72°)
OKLab	oklab(58.52% 0.0783 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(58.52% 0.117 48.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.8634, 18.9862, 6.1486)
Luminance	0.1898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36438 #3887B3

analogous

#B3384A #B36438 #B3A138

triadic

#B36438 #38B364 #6438B3

tetradic

#B36438 #4AB338 #3887B3 #A138B3

square

#B36438 #4AB338 #3887B3 #A138B3

split-complementary

#B36438 #38B3A1 #384AB3

monochromatic

#56301B #844A29 #B36438 #CC845C #DBA78B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#B36438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#B36438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36438

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36438	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6E34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4545A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 100, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.117 48.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf9170',
    500: '#b36438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36438;
$custom-light: #cf9170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.463,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58521,
    "c": 0.11745,
    "h": 48.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36438

secondary

#82ADC5

accent

#A8DC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36438

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

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