#B36A17#B36A17

#B36A17 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.128 H 62.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36A17
RGB	rgb(179, 106, 23)
HSL	hsl(32, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(32, 87%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.8%, 87.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.79, 23.41, 53.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.79, 58.74, 66.52°)
OKLab	oklab(59.3% 0.0597 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(59.3% 0.128 62.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.9012, 19.9562, 3.4037)
Luminance	0.1995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36A17 #1760B3

analogous

#B31C17 #B36A17 #AEB317

triadic

#B36A17 #17B36A #6A17B3

tetradic

#B36A17 #17B31C #1760B3 #B317AE

square

#B36A17 #17B31C #1760B3 #B317AE

split-complementary

#B36A17 #17AEB3 #1C17B3

monochromatic

#472A09 #7D4A10 #B36A17 #E38A24 #EAA75B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#B36A17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#B36A17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36A17

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36A17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36A17	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)

#817101

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928218

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4595B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36a17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 106, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.128 62.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0955e',
    500: '#b36a17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36a17;
$custom-light: #d0955e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36a17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.923,
    "s": 77.228,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59299,
    "c": 0.12825,
    "h": 62.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36A17

secondary

#588FCD

accent

#8EF434

background

#FDF9F5

surface

#FBF1E9

border

#D4CBC5

text

#150D05

muted

#837E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36A17

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

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