#B36839#B36839

#B36839 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.114 H 51.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36839
RGB	rgb(179, 104, 57)
HSL	hsl(23, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(23, 68%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.9%, 68.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.59, 25.92, 38.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.59, 46.61, 56.21°)
OKLab	oklab(59.23% 0.072 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(59.23% 0.114 51)
XYZ	xyz(24.2812, 19.7823, 6.4097)
Luminance	0.1978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36839 #3984B3

analogous

#B33947 #B36839 #B3A539

triadic

#B36839 #39B368 #6839B3

tetradic

#B36839 #47B339 #3984B3 #A539B3

square

#B36839 #47B339 #3984B3 #A539B3

split-complementary

#B36839 #39B3A5 #3947B3

monochromatic

#56321B #854D2A #B36839 #CC885E #DAAA8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#B36839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#B36839 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36839

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36839	1.00	4.24	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3595D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 104, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.114 51.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf9471',
    500: '#b36839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36839;
$custom-light: #cf9471;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.115,
    "s": 51.695,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59232,
    "c": 0.11435,
    "h": 51
  },
  "luminance": 0.1978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36839

secondary

#83ABC5

accent

#A4DB4D

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36839

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

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