#B36520#B36520

#B36520 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.127 H 56.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36520
RGB	rgb(179, 101, 32)
HSL	hsl(28, 70%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(28, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 82.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.68, 26.42, 49.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.68, 56.23, 61.98°)
OKLab	oklab(58.46% 0.0697 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(58.46% 0.127 56.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.5069, 18.9980, 3.7953)
Luminance	0.1900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36520 #206EB3

analogous

#B32025 #B36520 #B3AF20

triadic

#B36520 #20B365 #6520B3

tetradic

#B36520 #25B320 #206EB3 #AF20B3

square

#B36520 #25B320 #206EB3 #AF20B3

split-complementary

#B36520 #20B3AF #2025B3

monochromatic

#4B2A0D #7F4817 #B36520 #DB8335 #E4A369

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#B36520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#B36520 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36520

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36520	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)

#7C6E14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8020

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45458

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 101, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.127 56.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09161',
    500: '#b36520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36520;
$custom-light: #d09161;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.163,
    "s": 69.668,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58464,
    "c": 0.12739,
    "h": 56.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36520

secondary

#659ACA

accent

#99EC3B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EB

border

#D4CBC6

text

#150D05

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36520

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

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