#B36857#B36857

#B36857 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.100 H 33.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36857
RGB	rgb(179, 104, 87)
HSL	hsl(11, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(11, 51%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.9%, 51.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.03, 28.23, 22.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.03, 36.13, 38.62°)
OKLab	oklab(59.72% 0.0836 0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(59.72% 0.1 33.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.2626, 20.1748, 11.5786)
Luminance	0.2017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36857 #57A2B3

analogous

#B35774 #B36857 #B39657

triadic

#B36857 #57B368 #6857B3

tetradic

#B36857 #74B357 #57A2B3 #9657B3

square

#B36857 #74B357 #57A2B3 #9657B3

split-complementary

#B36857 #57B396 #5774B3

monochromatic

#63372D #8D4E40 #B36857 #C68E81 #D9B4AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#B36857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#B36857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36857

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36857	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7355

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25C64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 104, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.100 33.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9486',
    500: '#b36857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36857;
$custom-light: #cd9486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.087,
    "s": 37.705,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59717,
    "c": 0.1004,
    "h": 33.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36857

secondary

#9FC0C7

accent

#B8CE5A

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF1EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36857

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →