#B36537#B36537

#B36537 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.117 H 49.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36537
RGB	rgb(179, 101, 55)
HSL	hsl(22, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(22, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 69.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.88, 27.45, 38.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.88, 47.68, 54.85°)
OKLab	oklab(58.68% 0.0763 0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(58.68% 0.117 49.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.9357, 19.1695, 6.0532)
Luminance	0.1917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36537 #3785B3

analogous

#B33747 #B36537 #B3A337

triadic

#B36537 #37B365 #6537B3

tetradic

#B36537 #47B337 #3785B3 #A337B3

square

#B36537 #47B337 #3785B3 #A337B3

split-complementary

#B36537 #37B3A3 #3747B3

monochromatic

#55301A #844B29 #B36537 #CD855B #DBA88A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#B36537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#B36537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36537

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36537	1.00	4.34	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.34	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)

#7B6F32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4555B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 101, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.117 49.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf9270',
    500: '#b36537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36537;
$custom-light: #cf9270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.258,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58682,
    "c": 0.11725,
    "h": 49.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36537

secondary

#81ACC5

accent

#A7DC4B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36537

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

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