#B36B21#B36B21

#B36B21 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.124 H 61.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36B21
RGB	rgb(179, 107, 33)
HSL	hsl(30, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(30, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.2%, 81.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.08, 23.15, 50.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.08, 55.56, 65.38°)
OKLab	oklab(59.54% 0.0601 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(59.54% 0.124 61.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.1247, 20.2114, 4.0693)
Luminance	0.2021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36B21 #2169B3

analogous

#B32221 #B36B21 #B2B321

triadic

#B36B21 #21B36B #6B21B3

tetradic

#B36B21 #21B322 #2169B3 #B321B2

square

#B36B21 #21B322 #2169B3 #B321B2

split-complementary

#B36B21 #21B2B3 #2221B3

monochromatic

#4C2D0E #7F4C17 #B36B21 #DA8A37 #E4A86B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#B36B21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#B36B21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36B21

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36B21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36B21	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817214

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928322

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45B5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36b21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 107, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.124 61.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09563',
    500: '#b36b21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36b21;
$custom-light: #d09563;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36b21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.411,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59539,
    "c": 0.12431,
    "h": 61.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36B21

secondary

#6697CA

accent

#93EC3C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EB

border

#D4CBC6

text

#150D05

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36B21

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

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