#B36E17#B36E17

#B36E17 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.127 H 65.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36E17
RGB	rgb(179, 110, 23)
HSL	hsl(33, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(33, 87%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.5%, 87.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.73, 21.19, 54.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.73, 58.61, 68.80°)
OKLab	oklab(60.03% 0.0532 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(60.03% 0.127 65.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.3231, 20.7999, 3.5443)
Luminance	0.2080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36E17 #175CB3

analogous

#B32017 #B36E17 #AAB317

triadic

#B36E17 #17B36E #6E17B3

tetradic

#B36E17 #17B320 #175CB3 #B317AA

square

#B36E17 #17B320 #175CB3 #B317AA

split-complementary

#B36E17 #17AAB3 #2017B3

monochromatic

#472B09 #7D4D10 #B36E17 #E38F24 #EAAA5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#B36E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#B36E17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36E17

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36E17	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)

#847400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948419

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45E5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 110, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.127 65.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0975e',
    500: '#b36e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36e17;
$custom-light: #d0975e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.462,
    "s": 77.228,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60029,
    "c": 0.12693,
    "h": 65.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36E17

secondary

#588CCD

accent

#89F434

background

#FDF9F5

surface

#FBF2EA

border

#D4CCC6

text

#150D05

muted

#837E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36E17

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

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