#B36545#B36545

#B36545 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.111 H 42.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36545
RGB	rgb(179, 101, 69)
HSL	hsl(17, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(17, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 61.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.06, 28.36, 31.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.06, 42.45, 48.08°)
OKLab	oklab(58.88% 0.0814 0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(58.88% 0.111 42.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.3201, 19.3233, 8.0780)
Luminance	0.1932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36545 #4593B3

analogous

#B3455C #B36545 #B39C45

triadic

#B36545 #45B365 #6545B3

tetradic

#B36545 #5CB345 #4593B3 #9C45B3

square

#B36545 #5CB345 #4593B3 #9C45B3

split-complementary

#B36545 #45B39C #455CB3

monochromatic

#5B3323 #874C34 #B36545 #C7886E #D8AC9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#B36545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#B36545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36545

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36545	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6F42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3575D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 101, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.111 42.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9279',
    500: '#b36545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36545;
$custom-light: #ce9279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.455,
    "s": 44.355,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58876,
    "c": 0.11057,
    "h": 42.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36545

secondary

#8FB5C4

accent

#AFD454

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF1ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36545

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

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