#B36B27#B36B27

#B36B27 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.122 H 59.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36B27
RGB	rgb(179, 107, 39)
HSL	hsl(29, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(29, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.2%, 78.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.12, 23.37, 48.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.12, 53.41, 64.05°)
OKLab	oklab(59.58% 0.0616 0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(59.58% 0.122 59.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.2164, 20.2481, 4.5520)
Luminance	0.2025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36B27 #276FB3

analogous

#B32729 #B36B27 #B3B127

triadic

#B36B27 #27B36B #6B27B3

tetradic

#B36B27 #29B327 #276FB3 #B127B3

square

#B36B27 #29B327 #276FB3 #B127B3

split-complementary

#B36B27 #27B3B1 #2729B3

monochromatic

#4E2F11 #814D1C #B36B27 #D68941 #E1A974

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#B36B27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#B36B27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36B27

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36B27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36B27	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81721D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928327

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45B5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 107, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.122 59.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09566',
    500: '#b36b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36b27;
$custom-light: #d09566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.143,
    "s": 64.22,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59584,
    "c": 0.12173,
    "h": 59.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36B27

secondary

#6E9CC8

accent

#96E741

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EB

border

#D4CCC6

text

#150D06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36B27

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

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