#B36951#B36951

#B36951 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.102 H 38.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36951
RGB	rgb(179, 105, 81)
HSL	hsl(15, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(15, 55%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.3%, 54.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.16, 27.13, 26.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.16, 37.69, 43.96°)
OKLab	oklab(59.78% 0.0794 0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(59.78% 0.102 38.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.1289, 20.2833, 10.3746)
Luminance	0.2028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36951 #519BB3

analogous

#B3516A #B36951 #B39A51

triadic

#B36951 #51B369 #6951B3

tetradic

#B36951 #6AB351 #519BB3 #9A51B3

square

#B36951 #6AB351 #519BB3 #9A51B3

split-complementary

#B36951 #51B39A #516AB3

monochromatic

#60372A #8A503C #B36951 #C68E7C #D8B2A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#B36951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#B36951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36951

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36951	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C734F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25D63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 105, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.102 38.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9582',
    500: '#b36951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36951;
$custom-light: #cd9582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.694,
    "s": 39.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59776,
    "c": 0.10179,
    "h": 38.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36951

secondary

#9ABBC6

accent

#B2CF59

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF1EE

border

#D3CBC9

text

#140D0A

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36951

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

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