#B36842#B36842

#B36842 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.110 H 46.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36842
RGB	rgb(179, 104, 66)
HSL	hsl(20, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(20, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.9%, 63.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.70, 26.50, 34.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.70, 43.13, 52.08°)
OKLab	oklab(59.35% 0.0753 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(59.35% 0.11 46.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.5260, 19.8802, 7.6988)
Luminance	0.1988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36842 #428DB3

analogous

#B34254 #B36842 #B3A042

triadic

#B36842 #42B368 #6842B3

tetradic

#B36842 #54B342 #428DB3 #A042B3

square

#B36842 #54B342 #428DB3 #A042B3

split-complementary

#B36842 #42B3A0 #4254B3

monochromatic

#5A3421 #864E32 #B36842 #C88A6A #D9AD97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#B36842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#B36842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36842

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36842	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C713E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35A5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 104, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.110 46.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9477',
    500: '#b36842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36842;
$custom-light: #ce9477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.177,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59353,
    "c": 0.10974,
    "h": 46.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36842

secondary

#8CB2C4

accent

#A9D652

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF1ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36842

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

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