#B36D21#B36D21

#B36D21 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.124 H 62.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36D21
RGB	rgb(179, 109, 33)
HSL	hsl(31, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(31, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.1%, 81.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.55, 22.04, 50.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.55, 55.50, 66.60°)
OKLab	oklab(59.9% 0.0568 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(59.9% 0.124 62.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.3356, 20.6333, 4.1396)
Luminance	0.2063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36D21 #2167B3

analogous

#B32421 #B36D21 #B0B321

triadic

#B36D21 #21B36D #6D21B3

tetradic

#B36D21 #21B324 #2167B3 #B321B0

square

#B36D21 #21B324 #2167B3 #B321B0

split-complementary

#B36D21 #21B0B3 #2421B3

monochromatic

#4C2E0E #7F4E17 #B36D21 #DA8C37 #E4AA6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#B36D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#B36D21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36D21

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36D21	1.00	4.10	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837414

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938422

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45D5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 109, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.124 62.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09763',
    500: '#b36d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36d21;
$custom-light: #d09763;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.233,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59903,
    "c": 0.12359,
    "h": 62.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36D21

secondary

#6696CA

accent

#90EC3C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EB

border

#D4CCC6

text

#150D05

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36D21

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

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