#B36D17#B36D17

#B36D17 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.127 H 64.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36D17
RGB	rgb(179, 109, 23)
HSL	hsl(33, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(33, 87%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.1%, 87.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.49, 21.75, 54.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.49, 58.63, 68.23°)
OKLab	oklab(59.85% 0.0548 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(59.85% 0.127 64.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.2158, 20.5854, 3.5085)
Luminance	0.2058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36D17 #175DB3

analogous

#B31F17 #B36D17 #ABB317

triadic

#B36D17 #17B36D #6D17B3

tetradic

#B36D17 #17B31F #175DB3 #B317AB

square

#B36D17 #17B31F #175DB3 #B317AB

split-complementary

#B36D17 #17ABB3 #1F17B3

monochromatic

#472B09 #7D4C10 #B36D17 #E38D24 #EAAA5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#B36D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#B36D17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36D17

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36D17	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948419

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45D5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 109, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.127 64.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0975e',
    500: '#b36d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36d17;
$custom-light: #d0975e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.077,
    "s": 77.228,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59845,
    "c": 0.12723,
    "h": 64.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36D17

secondary

#588DCD

accent

#8AF434

background

#FDF9F5

surface

#FBF2E9

border

#D4CCC5

text

#150D05

muted

#837E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36D17

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

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