#B36A41#B36A41

#B36A41 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.109 H 48.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B36A41
RGBrgb(179, 106, 65)
HSLhsl(22, 47%, 48%)
HSVhsv(22, 64%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 40.8%, 63.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LABlab(52.15, 25.33, 35.10)
CIE-LCHlch(52.15, 43.29, 54.18°)
OKLaboklab(59.69% 0.0715 0.0821)
OKLCHoklch(59.69% 0.109 48.9)
XYZxyz(24.7004, 20.2759, 7.6128)
Luminance0.2027 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B36A41 #418AB3
analogous
#B34151 #B36A41 #B3A341
triadic
#B36A41 #41B36A #6A41B3
tetradic
#B36A41 #51B341 #418AB3 #A341B3
square
#B36A41 #51B341 #418AB3 #A341B3
split-complementary
#B36A41 #41B3A3 #4151B3
monochromatic
#593520 #864F31 #B36A41 #C88B69 #D9AE96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15
#B36A41 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05
#B36A41 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36A41
5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B36A41#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B36A411.004.155.055.05
#FFFFFF4.151.0021.0021.00
#0000005.0521.001.001.00
##0000005.0521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7E733D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#908341
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C35C60
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b36a41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 106, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.109 48.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9577',
    500: '#b36a41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b36a41;
$custom-light: #ce9577;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b36a41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.579,
    "s": 46.721,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59692,
    "c": 0.10891,
    "h": 48.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B36A41
secondary
#8BB0C4
accent
#A7D651
background
#FDF9F7
surface
#FAF1ED
border
#D3CBC8
text
#140D08
muted
#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36A41

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#B36A41 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva