#B36C46#B36C46

#B36C46 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.105 H 48.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36C46
RGB	rgb(179, 108, 70)
HSL	hsl(21, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(21, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.7%, 60.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.68, 24.59, 33.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.68, 41.16, 53.31°)
OKLab	oklab(60.12% 0.0701 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(60.12% 0.105 48.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.0603, 20.7534, 8.4792)
Luminance	0.2075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36C46 #468DB3

analogous

#B34657 #B36C46 #B3A346

triadic

#B36C46 #46B36C #6C46B3

tetradic

#B36C46 #57B346 #468DB3 #A346B3

square

#B36C46 #57B346 #468DB3 #A346B3

split-complementary

#B36C46 #46B3A3 #4657B3

monochromatic

#5B3724 #875135 #B36C46 #C78E6F #D8B19B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#B36C46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#B36C46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36C46

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36C46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36C46	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7443

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35F63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36c46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 108, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.105 48.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce967a',
    500: '#b36c46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36c46;
$custom-light: #ce967a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36c46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.917,
    "s": 43.775,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60123,
    "c": 0.10492,
    "h": 48.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36C46

secondary

#90B2C4

accent

#A7D454

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#140D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36C46

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

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