#B36938#B36938

#B36938 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.114 H 52.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36938
RGB	rgb(179, 105, 56)
HSL	hsl(24, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(24, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.3%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.81, 25.31, 39.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.81, 46.92, 57.35°)
OKLab	oklab(59.4% 0.07 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(59.4% 0.114 52.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.3577, 19.9749, 6.3134)
Luminance	0.1997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36938 #3882B3

analogous

#B33845 #B36938 #B3A638

triadic

#B36938 #38B369 #6938B3

tetradic

#B36938 #45B338 #3882B3 #A638B3

square

#B36938 #45B338 #3882B3 #A638B3

split-complementary

#B36938 #38B3A6 #3845B3

monochromatic

#56321B #844E29 #B36938 #CC895C #DBAB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#B36938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#B36938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36938

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36938	1.00	4.20	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.20	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)

#7E7133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35A5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 105, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.114 52.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf9470',
    500: '#b36938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36938;
$custom-light: #cf9470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.902,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59396,
    "c": 0.11428,
    "h": 52.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36938

secondary

#82AAC5

accent

#A3DC4C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36938

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

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