#B36D41#B36D41

#B36D41 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.107 H 51.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36D41
RGB	rgb(179, 109, 65)
HSL	hsl(23, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(23, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.1%, 63.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.85, 23.68, 35.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.85, 43.03, 56.62°)
OKLab	oklab(60.23% 0.0665 0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(60.23% 0.107 51.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.0150, 20.9051, 7.7177)
Luminance	0.2090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36D41 #4187B3

analogous

#B3414E #B36D41 #B3A641

triadic

#B36D41 #41B36D #6D41B3

tetradic

#B36D41 #4EB341 #4187B3 #A641B3

square

#B36D41 #4EB341 #4187B3 #A641B3

split-complementary

#B36D41 #41B3A6 #414EB3

monochromatic

#593620 #865231 #B36D41 #C88E69 #D9B096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#B36D41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#B36D41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36D41

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36D41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36D41	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81753D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35F63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36d41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 109, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.107 51.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9777',
    500: '#b36d41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36d41;
$custom-light: #ce9777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36d41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.158,
    "s": 46.721,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6023,
    "c": 0.10709,
    "h": 51.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36D41

secondary

#8BAEC4

accent

#A3D651

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#140D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36D41

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

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