#B36642#B36642

#B36642 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.111 H 45.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36642
RGB	rgb(179, 102, 66)
HSL	hsl(19, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(19, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43%, 63.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.25, 27.60, 33.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.25, 43.39, 50.50°)
OKLab	oklab(59% 0.0786 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(59% 0.111 45)
XYZ	xyz(24.3270, 19.4823, 7.6325)
Luminance	0.1948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36642 #428FB3

analogous

#B34257 #B36642 #B39E42

triadic

#B36642 #42B366 #6642B3

tetradic

#B36642 #57B342 #428FB3 #9E42B3

square

#B36642 #57B342 #428FB3 #9E42B3

split-complementary

#B36642 #42B39E #4257B3

monochromatic

#5A3321 #864D32 #B36642 #C8886A #D9AC97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#B36642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#B36642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36642

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36642	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B703F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3575D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 102, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.111 45.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9277',
    500: '#b36642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36642;
$custom-light: #ce9277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.115,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59004,
    "c": 0.1112,
    "h": 45
  },
  "luminance": 0.1948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36642

secondary

#8CB3C4

accent

#ACD652

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF1ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36642

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

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