#B36B59#B36B59

#B36B59 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.097 H 34.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36B59
RGB	rgb(179, 107, 89)
HSL	hsl(12, 37%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(12, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.2%, 50.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.75, 26.77, 22.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.75, 34.87, 39.85°)
OKLab	oklab(60.28% 0.0793 0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(60.28% 0.097 34.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.6528, 20.8227, 12.1174)
Luminance	0.2082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36B59 #59A1B3

analogous

#B35974 #B36B59 #B39859

triadic

#B36B59 #59B36B #6B59B3

tetradic

#B36B59 #74B359 #59A1B3 #9859B3

square

#B36B59 #74B359 #59A1B3 #9859B3

split-complementary

#B36B59 #59B398 #5974B3

monochromatic

#64392E #8E5041 #B36B59 #C69083 #D9B6AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#B36B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#B36B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36B59

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36B59	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7557

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C26066

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 107, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.097 34.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9688',
    500: '#b36b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36b59;
$custom-light: #cd9688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 37.19,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60282,
    "c": 0.09669,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36B59

secondary

#A0C0C7

accent

#B6CD5B

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2EF

border

#D3CCCA

text

#140D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36B59

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

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