#B36828#B36828

#B36828 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.123 H 57.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36828
RGB	rgb(179, 104, 40)
HSL	hsl(28, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(28, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.9%, 77.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.43, 25.07, 46.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.43, 53.19, 61.88°)
OKLab	oklab(59.06% 0.0667 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(59.06% 0.123 57)
XYZ	xyz(23.9258, 19.6401, 4.5380)
Luminance	0.1964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36828 #2873B3

analogous

#B3282D #B36828 #B3AD28

triadic

#B36828 #28B368 #6828B3

tetradic

#B36828 #2DB328 #2873B3 #AD28B3

square

#B36828 #2DB328 #2873B3 #AD28B3

split-complementary

#B36828 #28B3AD #282DB3

monochromatic

#4F2E12 #814B1D #B36828 #D58643 #E0A675

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#B36828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#B36828 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36828

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36828	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E701F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4585B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 104, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.123 57.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09366',
    500: '#b36828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36828;
$custom-light: #d09366;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.626,
    "s": 63.47,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59055,
    "c": 0.12262,
    "h": 57
  },
  "luminance": 0.19638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36828

secondary

#6F9FC8

accent

#9AE641

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EB

border

#D4CBC6

text

#150D06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36828

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

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