#B36638#B36638

#B36638 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.116 H 49.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36638
RGB	rgb(179, 102, 56)
HSL	hsl(22, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(22, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.12, 26.96, 38.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.12, 47.19, 55.16°)
OKLab	oklab(58.87% 0.075 0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(58.87% 0.116 49.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.0576, 19.3745, 6.2133)
Luminance	0.1937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36638 #3885B3

analogous

#B33847 #B36638 #B3A338

triadic

#B36638 #38B366 #6638B3

tetradic

#B36638 #47B338 #3885B3 #A338B3

square

#B36638 #47B338 #3885B3 #A338B3

split-complementary

#B36638 #38B3A3 #3847B3

monochromatic

#56311B #844B29 #B36638 #CC865C #DBA98B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#B36638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#B36638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36638

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36638	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)

#7C6F33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3565C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 102, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.116 49.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf9270',
    500: '#b36638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36638;
$custom-light: #cf9270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.439,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58868,
    "c": 0.11612,
    "h": 49.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36638

secondary

#82ACC5

accent

#A6DC4C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36638

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

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