#B36D46#B36D46

#B36D46 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.104 H 49.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36D46
RGB	rgb(179, 109, 70)
HSL	hsl(21, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(21, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.1%, 60.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.91, 24.03, 33.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.91, 41.06, 54.17°)
OKLab	oklab(60.3% 0.0684 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(60.3% 0.104 49)
XYZ	xyz(25.1663, 20.9656, 8.5145)
Luminance	0.2096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36D46 #468CB3

analogous

#B34656 #B36D46 #B3A446

triadic

#B36D46 #46B36D #6D46B3

tetradic

#B36D46 #56B346 #468CB3 #A446B3

square

#B36D46 #56B346 #468CB3 #A446B3

split-complementary

#B36D46 #46B3A4 #4656B3

monochromatic

#5B3724 #875235 #B36D46 #C78F6F #D8B19B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#B36D46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#B36D46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36D46

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36D46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36D46	1.00	4.04	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.04	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)

#807543

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C36064

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36d46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 109, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.104 49.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce977a',
    500: '#b36d46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36d46;
$custom-light: #ce977a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36d46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.468,
    "s": 43.775,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60303,
    "c": 0.10427,
    "h": 49
  },
  "luminance": 0.20963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36D46

secondary

#90B2C4

accent

#A6D454

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#140D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36D46

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

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