#B36D48#B36D48

#B36D48 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.103 H 47.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36D48
RGB	rgb(179, 109, 72)
HSL	hsl(21, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(21, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.1%, 59.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.94, 24.19, 32.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.94, 40.29, 53.11°)
OKLab	oklab(60.33% 0.0692 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(60.33% 0.103 47.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.2305, 20.9913, 8.8526)
Luminance	0.2099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36D48 #488EB3

analogous

#B34859 #B36D48 #B3A348

triadic

#B36D48 #48B36D #6D48B3

tetradic

#B36D48 #59B348 #488EB3 #A348B3

square

#B36D48 #59B348 #488EB3 #A348B3

split-complementary

#B36D48 #48B3A3 #4859B3

monochromatic

#5C3825 #875236 #B36D48 #C68F72 #D8B29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#B36D48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#B36D48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36D48

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36D48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36D48	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C36064

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36d48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 109, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.103 47.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce977c',
    500: '#b36d48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36d48;
$custom-light: #ce977c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36d48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.748,
    "s": 42.629,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60334,
    "c": 0.10317,
    "h": 47.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36D48

secondary

#92B3C4

accent

#A7D255

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2EE

border

#D3CCC9

text

#140D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36D48

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

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