#B36538#B36538

#B36538 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.117 H 49.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36538
RGB	rgb(179, 101, 56)
HSL	hsl(22, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(22, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.90, 27.51, 38.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.90, 47.30, 54.44°)
OKLab	oklab(58.69% 0.0766 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(58.69% 0.117 49)
XYZ	xyz(23.9599, 19.1792, 6.1808)
Luminance	0.1918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36538 #3886B3

analogous

#B33849 #B36538 #B3A238

triadic

#B36538 #38B365 #6538B3

tetradic

#B36538 #49B338 #3886B3 #A238B3

square

#B36538 #49B338 #3886B3 #A238B3

split-complementary

#B36538 #38B3A2 #3849B3

monochromatic

#56301B #844B29 #B36538 #CC855C #DBA88B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#B36538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#B36538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36538

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36538	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6F33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4555B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 101, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.117 49.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf9270',
    500: '#b36538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36538;
$custom-light: #cf9270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.951,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58694,
    "c": 0.11677,
    "h": 49
  },
  "luminance": 0.19177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36538

secondary

#82ACC5

accent

#A7DC4C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36538

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

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