#B36742#B36742

#B36742 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.110 H 45.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36742
RGB	rgb(179, 103, 66)
HSL	hsl(20, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(20, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.5%, 63.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.47, 27.05, 33.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.47, 43.26, 51.29°)
OKLab	oklab(59.18% 0.0769 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(59.18% 0.11 45.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.4259, 19.6801, 7.6655)
Luminance	0.1968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36742 #428EB3

analogous

#B34256 #B36742 #B39F42

triadic

#B36742 #42B367 #6742B3

tetradic

#B36742 #56B342 #428EB3 #9F42B3

square

#B36742 #56B342 #428EB3 #9F42B3

split-complementary

#B36742 #42B39F #4256B3

monochromatic

#5A3421 #864D32 #B36742 #C8896A #D9AC97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#B36742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#B36742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36742

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36742	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C713F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3595E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 103, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.110 45.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9377',
    500: '#b36742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36742;
$custom-light: #ce9377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 103,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.646,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59178,
    "c": 0.11046,
    "h": 45.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36742

secondary

#8CB2C4

accent

#ABD652

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF1ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36742

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

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