#B36C31#B36C31

#B36C31 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.116 H 57.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36C31
RGB	rgb(179, 108, 49)
HSL	hsl(27, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(27, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.7%, 72.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.43, 23.27, 43.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.43, 49.52, 61.97°)
OKLab	oklab(59.86% 0.0628 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(59.86% 0.116 57.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.5093, 20.5331, 5.5777)
Luminance	0.2053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36C31 #3178B3

analogous

#B33137 #B36C31 #B3AD31

triadic

#B36C31 #31B36C #6C31B3

tetradic

#B36C31 #37B331 #3178B3 #AD31B3

square

#B36C31 #37B331 #3178B3 #AD31B3

split-complementary

#B36C31 #31B3AD #3137B3

monochromatic

#533217 #834F24 #B36C31 #D08B52 #DDAB82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#B36C31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#B36C31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36C31

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36C31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36C31	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81732A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45D5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36c31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 108, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.116 57.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf966c',
    500: '#b36c31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36c31;
$custom-light: #cf966c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36c31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.231,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59856,
    "c": 0.11641,
    "h": 57.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36C31

secondary

#7AA3C6

accent

#9BE048

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36C31

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

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