#B36D43#B36D43

#B36D43 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.106 H 50.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36D43
RGB	rgb(179, 109, 67)
HSL	hsl(23, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(23, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.1%, 62.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.87, 23.82, 34.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.87, 42.23, 55.67°)
OKLab	oklab(60.26% 0.0673 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(60.26% 0.106 50.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.0740, 20.9286, 8.0282)
Luminance	0.2093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36D43 #4389B3

analogous

#B34351 #B36D43 #B3A543

triadic

#B36D43 #43B36D #6D43B3

tetradic

#B36D43 #51B343 #4389B3 #A543B3

square

#B36D43 #51B343 #4389B3 #A543B3

split-complementary

#B36D43 #43B3A5 #4351B3

monochromatic

#5A3722 #865232 #B36D43 #C88E6B #D8B098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#B36D43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#B36D43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36D43

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36D43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36D43	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81753F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35F63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36d43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 109, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.106 50.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9778',
    500: '#b36d43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36d43;
$custom-light: #ce9778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36d43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.5,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60259,
    "c": 0.10596,
    "h": 50.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36D43

secondary

#8DB0C4

accent

#A4D553

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#140D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36D43

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

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