#B36C28#B36C28

#B36C28 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.121 H 60.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36C28
RGB	rgb(179, 108, 40)
HSL	hsl(29, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(29, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.7%, 77.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.36, 22.86, 47.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.36, 53.01, 64.45°)
OKLab	oklab(59.77% 0.0602 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(59.77% 0.121 60.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.3380, 20.4645, 4.6754)
Luminance	0.2046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36C28 #286FB3

analogous

#B32829 #B36C28 #B3B228

triadic

#B36C28 #28B36C #6C28B3

tetradic

#B36C28 #29B328 #286FB3 #B228B3

square

#B36C28 #29B328 #286FB3 #B228B3

split-complementary

#B36C28 #28B3B2 #2829B3

monochromatic

#4F3012 #814E1D #B36C28 #D58B43 #E0AA75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#B36C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#B36C28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36C28

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36C28	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82731F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938328

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45C5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 108, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.121 60.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf9667',
    500: '#b36c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36c28;
$custom-light: #cf9667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.353,
    "s": 63.47,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59773,
    "c": 0.12087,
    "h": 60.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36C28

secondary

#6F9CC8

accent

#96E641

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EB

border

#D4CCC6

text

#150D06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36C28

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

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