#B36A31#B36A31

#B36A31 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.117 H 55.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36A31
RGB	rgb(179, 106, 49)
HSL	hsl(26, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(26, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.8%, 72.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.97, 24.38, 43.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.97, 49.62, 60.57°)
OKLab	oklab(59.5% 0.0661 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(59.5% 0.117 55.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.3008, 20.1160, 5.5082)
Luminance	0.2011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36A31 #317AB3

analogous

#B33139 #B36A31 #B3AB31

triadic

#B36A31 #31B36A #6A31B3

tetradic

#B36A31 #39B331 #317AB3 #AB31B3

square

#B36A31 #39B331 #317AB3 #AB31B3

split-complementary

#B36A31 #31B3AB #3139B3

monochromatic

#533117 #834E24 #B36A31 #D08952 #DDAA82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#B36A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#B36A31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36A31

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36A31	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80722A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45A5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 106, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.117 55.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf956c',
    500: '#b36a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36a31;
$custom-light: #cf956c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.308,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59496,
    "c": 0.11735,
    "h": 55.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36A31

secondary

#7AA5C6

accent

#9DE048

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36A31

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

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