#B36C40#B36C40

#B36C40 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.108 H 51.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36C40
RGB	rgb(179, 108, 64)
HSL	hsl(23, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(23, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.7%, 64.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.60, 24.16, 36.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.60, 43.50, 56.26°)
OKLab	oklab(60.04% 0.0678 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(60.04% 0.108 51.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.8802, 20.6814, 7.5311)
Luminance	0.2068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36C40 #4087B3

analogous

#B3404D #B36C40 #B3A640

triadic

#B36C40 #40B36C #6C40B3

tetradic

#B36C40 #4DB340 #4087B3 #A640B3

square

#B36C40 #4DB340 #4087B3 #A640B3

split-complementary

#B36C40 #40B3A6 #404DB3

monochromatic

#593620 #865130 #B36C40 #C98D67 #D9AF94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#B36C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#B36C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36C40

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36C40	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80743C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35E62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 108, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.108 51.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9676',
    500: '#b36c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36c40;
$custom-light: #ce9676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.957,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60036,
    "c": 0.10822,
    "h": 51.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36C40

secondary

#8AAEC4

accent

#A4D751

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#140D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36C40

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

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