#B36737#B36737

#B36737 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.116 H 51.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36737
RGB	rgb(179, 103, 55)
HSL	hsl(23, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(23, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.5%, 69.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.34, 26.35, 39.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.34, 47.48, 56.29°)
OKLab	oklab(59.03% 0.073 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(59.03% 0.116 51)
XYZ	xyz(24.1322, 19.5626, 6.1188)
Luminance	0.1956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36737 #3783B3

analogous

#B33745 #B36737 #B3A537

triadic

#B36737 #37B367 #6737B3

tetradic

#B36737 #45B337 #3783B3 #A537B3

square

#B36737 #45B337 #3783B3 #A537B3

split-complementary

#B36737 #37B3A5 #3745B3

monochromatic

#55311A #844C29 #B36737 #CD875B #DBA98A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#B36737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#B36737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36737

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36737	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7032

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3585C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 103, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.116 51.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf9370',
    500: '#b36737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36737;
$custom-light: #cf9370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 103,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.226,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59031,
    "c": 0.11597,
    "h": 51
  },
  "luminance": 0.1956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36737

secondary

#81ABC5

accent

#A4DC4B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36737

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

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