#B36521#B36521

#B36521 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.127 H 56.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36521
RGB	rgb(179, 101, 33)
HSL	hsl(28, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(28, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 81.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.69, 26.45, 49.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.69, 55.89, 61.76°)
OKLab	oklab(58.47% 0.0699 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(58.47% 0.127 56.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.5207, 19.0035, 3.8679)
Luminance	0.1900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36521 #216FB3

analogous

#B32126 #B36521 #B3AE21

triadic

#B36521 #21B365 #6521B3

tetradic

#B36521 #26B321 #216FB3 #AE21B3

square

#B36521 #26B321 #216FB3 #AE21B3

split-complementary

#B36521 #21B3AE #2126B3

monochromatic

#4C2B0E #7F4817 #B36521 #DA8337 #E4A36B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#B36521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#B36521 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36521

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36521	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	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)

#7C6E16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8021

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45458

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 101, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.127 56.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09162',
    500: '#b36521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36521;
$custom-light: #d09162;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.945,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58471,
    "c": 0.12701,
    "h": 56.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36521

secondary

#669BCA

accent

#9AEC3C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EB

border

#D4CBC6

text

#150D05

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36521

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

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