#B36E22#B36E22

#B36E22 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.123 H 63.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36E22
RGB	rgb(179, 110, 34)
HSL	hsl(31, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(31, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.5%, 81%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.79, 21.52, 50.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.79, 55.13, 67.02°)
OKLab	oklab(60.09% 0.0554 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(60.09% 0.123 63.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.4571, 20.8536, 4.2502)
Luminance	0.2085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36E22 #2267B3

analogous

#B32522 #B36E22 #B0B322

triadic

#B36E22 #22B36E #6E22B3

tetradic

#B36E22 #22B325 #2267B3 #B322B0

square

#B36E22 #22B325 #2267B3 #B322B0

split-complementary

#B36E22 #22B0B3 #2522B3

monochromatic

#4C2F0E #804E18 #B36E22 #D98D39 #E3AB6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#B36E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#B36E22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36E22

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36E22	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)

#847415

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948423

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45E5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 110, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.123 63.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09863',
    500: '#b36e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36e22;
$custom-light: #d09863;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.448,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60093,
    "c": 0.12285,
    "h": 63.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36E22

secondary

#6896C9

accent

#90EB3D

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EB

border

#D4CCC6

text

#150D06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36E22

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

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