#B36B31#B36B31

#B36B31 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.117 H 56.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36B31
RGB	rgb(179, 107, 49)
HSL	hsl(27, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(27, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.2%, 72.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.20, 23.83, 43.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.20, 49.57, 61.27°)
OKLab	oklab(59.68% 0.0644 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(59.68% 0.117 56.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.4045, 20.3234, 5.5427)
Luminance	0.2032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36B31 #3179B3

analogous

#B33138 #B36B31 #B3AC31

triadic

#B36B31 #31B36B #6B31B3

tetradic

#B36B31 #38B331 #3179B3 #AC31B3

square

#B36B31 #38B331 #3179B3 #AC31B3

split-complementary

#B36B31 #31B3AC #3138B3

monochromatic

#533217 #834E24 #B36B31 #D08A52 #DDAA82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#B36B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#B36B31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36B31

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36B31	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80732A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45C5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 107, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.117 56.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf966c',
    500: '#b36b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36b31;
$custom-light: #cf966c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.769,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59676,
    "c": 0.11687,
    "h": 56.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36B31

secondary

#7AA4C6

accent

#9CE048

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36B31

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

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