#B36937#B36937

#B36937 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.115 H 52.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36937
RGB	rgb(179, 105, 55)
HSL	hsl(24, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(24, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.3%, 69.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.80, 25.25, 40.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.80, 47.31, 57.74°)
OKLab	oklab(59.38% 0.0697 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(59.38% 0.115 52.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.3335, 19.9652, 6.1859)
Luminance	0.1996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36937 #3781B3

analogous

#B33743 #B36937 #B3A737

triadic

#B36937 #37B369 #6937B3

tetradic

#B36937 #43B337 #3781B3 #A737B3

square

#B36937 #43B337 #3781B3 #A737B3

split-complementary

#B36937 #37B3A7 #3743B3

monochromatic

#55321A #844E29 #B36937 #CD895B #DBAA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#B36937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#B36937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36937

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36937	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35A5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 105, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.115 52.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf9470',
    500: '#b36937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36937;
$custom-light: #cf9470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.194,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59384,
    "c": 0.1148,
    "h": 52.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36937

secondary

#81AAC5

accent

#A2DC4B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36937

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

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