#B36637#B36637

#B36637 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.117 H 50.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36637
RGB	rgb(179, 102, 55)
HSL	hsl(23, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(23, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43%, 69.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.11, 26.90, 39.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.11, 47.58, 55.57°)
OKLab	oklab(58.86% 0.0746 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(58.86% 0.117 50.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.0334, 19.3648, 6.0858)
Luminance	0.1936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36637 #3784B3

analogous

#B33746 #B36637 #B3A437

triadic

#B36637 #37B366 #6637B3

tetradic

#B36637 #46B337 #3784B3 #A437B3

square

#B36637 #46B337 #3784B3 #A437B3

split-complementary

#B36637 #37B3A4 #3746B3

monochromatic

#55311A #844B29 #B36637 #CD865B #DBA88A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#B36637 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#B36637 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36637

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36637	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36637	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C6F32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4565B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36637;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 102, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.117 50.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf9270',
    500: '#b36637',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36637;
$custom-light: #cf9270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36637",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.742,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58856,
    "c": 0.11661,
    "h": 50.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36637

secondary

#81ABC5

accent

#A5DC4B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36637

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

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