#B36840#B36840

#B36840 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.111 H 47.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36840
RGB	rgb(179, 104, 64)
HSL	hsl(21, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(21, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.9%, 64.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.68, 26.37, 35.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.68, 43.89, 53.08°)
OKLab	oklab(59.32% 0.0745 0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(59.32% 0.111 47.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.4680, 19.8570, 7.3937)
Luminance	0.1986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36840 #408BB3

analogous

#B34051 #B36840 #B3A240

triadic

#B36840 #40B368 #6840B3

tetradic

#B36840 #51B340 #408BB3 #A240B3

square

#B36840 #51B340 #408BB3 #A240B3

split-complementary

#B36840 #40B3A2 #4051B3

monochromatic

#593420 #864E30 #B36840 #C98967 #D9AC94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#B36840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#B36840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36840

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36840	1.00	4.22	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D713C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F823F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35A5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 104, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.111 47.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9476',
    500: '#b36840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36840;
$custom-light: #ce9476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.87,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59324,
    "c": 0.11075,
    "h": 47.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36840

secondary

#8AB0C4

accent

#A8D751

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF1ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36840

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

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