#B36E21#B36E21

#B36E21 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.123 H 63.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36E21
RGB	rgb(179, 110, 33)
HSL	hsl(32, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(32, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.5%, 81.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.78, 21.48, 51.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.78, 55.48, 67.21°)
OKLab	oklab(60.09% 0.0552 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(60.09% 0.123 63.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.4429, 20.8479, 4.1753)
Luminance	0.2084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36E21 #2166B3

analogous

#B32521 #B36E21 #AFB321

triadic

#B36E21 #21B36E #6E21B3

tetradic

#B36E21 #21B325 #2166B3 #B321AF

square

#B36E21 #21B325 #2166B3 #B321AF

split-complementary

#B36E21 #21AFB3 #2521B3

monochromatic

#4C2E0E #7F4E17 #B36E21 #DA8D37 #E4AB6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#B36E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#B36E21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36E21

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36E21	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847413

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948422

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45E5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 110, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.123 63.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09863',
    500: '#b36e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36e21;
$custom-light: #d09863;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.644,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60086,
    "c": 0.12326,
    "h": 63.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36E21

secondary

#6695CA

accent

#8FEC3C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EB

border

#D4CCC6

text

#150D06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36E21

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

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