#B36D38#B36D38

#B36D38 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.112 H 55.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36D38
RGB	rgb(179, 109, 56)
HSL	hsl(26, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(26, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.1%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.74, 23.10, 40.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.74, 46.66, 60.32°)
OKLab	oklab(60.11% 0.0634 0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(60.11% 0.112 55.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.7748, 20.8090, 6.4524)
Luminance	0.2081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36D38 #387EB3

analogous

#B33840 #B36D38 #B3AA38

triadic

#B36D38 #38B36D #6D38B3

tetradic

#B36D38 #40B338 #387EB3 #AA38B3

square

#B36D38 #40B338 #387EB3 #AA38B3

split-complementary

#B36D38 #38B3AA #3840B3

monochromatic

#56341B #845129 #B36D38 #CC8C5C #DBAD8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#B36D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#B36D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36D38

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36D38	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827432

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35E61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 109, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.112 55.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf9771',
    500: '#b36d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36d38;
$custom-light: #cf9771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.854,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60115,
    "c": 0.11217,
    "h": 55.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36D38

secondary

#82A8C5

accent

#9EDC4C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36D38

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

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