#B36A28#B36A28

#B36A28 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.122 H 58.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36A28
RGB	rgb(179, 106, 40)
HSL	hsl(28, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(28, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.8%, 77.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.89, 23.96, 47.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.89, 53.08, 63.16°)
OKLab	oklab(59.41% 0.0635 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(59.41% 0.122 58.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.1295, 20.0475, 4.6059)
Luminance	0.2004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36A28 #2871B3

analogous

#B3282C #B36A28 #B3AF28

triadic

#B36A28 #28B36A #6A28B3

tetradic

#B36A28 #2CB328 #2871B3 #AF28B3

square

#B36A28 #2CB328 #2871B3 #AF28B3

split-complementary

#B36A28 #28B3AF #282CB3

monochromatic

#4F2F12 #814C1D #B36A28 #D58843 #E0A875

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#B36A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#B36A28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36A28

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36A28	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80721F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918228

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45A5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 106, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.122 58.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09566',
    500: '#b36a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36a28;
$custom-light: #d09566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.489,
    "s": 63.47,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59412,
    "c": 0.1217,
    "h": 58.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36A28

secondary

#6F9EC8

accent

#98E641

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EB

border

#D4CBC6

text

#150D06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36A28

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

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