#B36535#B36535

#B36535 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.118 H 50.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36535
RGB	rgb(179, 101, 53)
HSL	hsl(23, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(23, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 70.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.86, 27.34, 40.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.86, 48.45, 55.65°)
OKLab	oklab(58.66% 0.0756 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(58.66% 0.118 50.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.8887, 19.1507, 5.8059)
Luminance	0.1915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36535 #3583B3

analogous

#B33544 #B36535 #B3A435

triadic

#B36535 #35B365 #6535B3

tetradic

#B36535 #44B335 #3583B3 #A435B3

square

#B36535 #44B335 #3583B3 #A435B3

split-complementary

#B36535 #35B3A4 #3544B3

monochromatic

#553019 #844A27 #B36535 #CD8558 #DBA787

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#B36535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#B36535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36535

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36535	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6F30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4555A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 101, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.118 50.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf916e',
    500: '#b36535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36535;
$custom-light: #cf916e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.857,
    "s": 54.31,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58658,
    "c": 0.11822,
    "h": 50.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36535

secondary

#7FAAC5

accent

#A5DE4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36535

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

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