#B36838#B36838

#B36838 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.115 H 51.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36838
RGB	rgb(179, 104, 56)
HSL	hsl(23, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(23, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.9%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.58, 25.86, 39.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.58, 47.00, 56.61°)
OKLab	oklab(59.22% 0.0717 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(59.22% 0.115 51.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.2565, 19.7724, 6.2796)
Luminance	0.1977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36838 #3883B3

analogous

#B33845 #B36838 #B3A538

triadic

#B36838 #38B368 #6838B3

tetradic

#B36838 #45B338 #3883B3 #A538B3

square

#B36838 #45B338 #3883B3 #A538B3

split-complementary

#B36838 #38B3A5 #3845B3

monochromatic

#56321B #844D29 #B36838 #CC885C #DBAA8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#B36838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#B36838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36838

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36838	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)

#7D7133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3595D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 104, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.115 51.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf9470',
    500: '#b36838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36838;
$custom-light: #cf9470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.415,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59219,
    "c": 0.11486,
    "h": 51.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36838

secondary

#82ABC5

accent

#A4DC4C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36838

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

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