#B36B28#B36B28

#B36B28 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.121 H 59.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36B28
RGB	rgb(179, 107, 40)
HSL	hsl(29, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(29, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.2%, 77.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.12, 23.41, 47.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.12, 53.04, 63.81°)
OKLab	oklab(59.59% 0.0618 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(59.59% 0.121 59.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.2332, 20.2548, 4.6404)
Luminance	0.2025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36B28 #2870B3

analogous

#B3282A #B36B28 #B3B028

triadic

#B36B28 #28B36B #6B28B3

tetradic

#B36B28 #2AB328 #2870B3 #B028B3

square

#B36B28 #2AB328 #2870B3 #B028B3

split-complementary

#B36B28 #28B3B0 #282AB3

monochromatic

#4F2F12 #814D1D #B36B28 #D58943 #E0A975

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#B36B28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#B36B28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36B28

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36B28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36B28	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)

#81721F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928328

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45B5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 107, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.121 59.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09567',
    500: '#b36b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36b28;
$custom-light: #d09567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.921,
    "s": 63.47,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59592,
    "c": 0.12128,
    "h": 59.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36B28

secondary

#6F9DC8

accent

#97E641

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EB

border

#D4CCC6

text

#150D06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36B28

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

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