#B36B17#B36B17

#B36B17 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.128 H 63.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36B17
RGB	rgb(179, 107, 23)
HSL	hsl(32, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(32, 87%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.2%, 87.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.02, 22.85, 54.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.02, 58.70, 67.08°)
OKLab	oklab(59.48% 0.0581 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(59.48% 0.128 63)
XYZ	xyz(24.0049, 20.1635, 3.4382)
Luminance	0.2016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36B17 #175FB3

analogous

#B31D17 #B36B17 #ADB317

triadic

#B36B17 #17B36B #6B17B3

tetradic

#B36B17 #17B31D #175FB3 #B317AD

square

#B36B17 #17B31D #175FB3 #B317AD

split-complementary

#B36B17 #17ADB3 #1D17B3

monochromatic

#472A09 #7D4B10 #B36B17 #E38B24 #EAA85B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#B36B17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#B36B17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36B17

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36B17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36B17	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827201

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938318

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45A5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36b17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 107, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.128 63.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0955e',
    500: '#b36b17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36b17;
$custom-light: #d0955e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36b17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.308,
    "s": 77.228,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5948,
    "c": 0.12788,
    "h": 63
  },
  "luminance": 0.20161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36B17

secondary

#588ECD

accent

#8DF434

background

#FDF9F5

surface

#FBF1E9

border

#D4CBC5

text

#150D05

muted

#837E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36B17

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

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