#B36837#B36837

#B36837 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.115 H 51.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36837
RGB	rgb(179, 104, 55)
HSL	hsl(24, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(24, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.9%, 69.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.57, 25.81, 39.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.57, 47.39, 57.01°)
OKLab	oklab(59.21% 0.0713 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(59.21% 0.115 51.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.2323, 19.7627, 6.1521)
Luminance	0.1976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36837 #3782B3

analogous

#B33744 #B36837 #B3A637

triadic

#B36837 #37B368 #6837B3

tetradic

#B36837 #44B337 #3782B3 #A637B3

square

#B36837 #44B337 #3782B3 #A637B3

split-complementary

#B36837 #37B3A6 #3744B3

monochromatic

#55321A #844D29 #B36837 #CD885B #DBAA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#B36837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#B36837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36837

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36837	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3595D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 104, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.115 51.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf9470',
    500: '#b36837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36837;
$custom-light: #cf9470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.71,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59207,
    "c": 0.11537,
    "h": 51.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36837

secondary

#81AAC5

accent

#A3DC4B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36837

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

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