#B36E28#B36E28

#B36E28 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.120 H 61.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36E28
RGB	rgb(179, 110, 40)
HSL	hsl(30, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(30, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.5%, 77.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.83, 21.75, 48.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.83, 52.96, 65.75°)
OKLab	oklab(60.14% 0.0569 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(60.14% 0.12 61.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.5514, 20.8913, 4.7465)
Luminance	0.2089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36E28 #286DB3

analogous

#B32928 #B36E28 #B2B328

triadic

#B36E28 #28B36E #6E28B3

tetradic

#B36E28 #28B329 #286DB3 #B328B2

square

#B36E28 #28B329 #286DB3 #B328B2

split-complementary

#B36E28 #28B2B3 #2928B3

monochromatic

#4F3112 #814F1D #B36E28 #D58D43 #E0AB75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#B36E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#B36E28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36E28

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36E28	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83751E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948429

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45E60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 110, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.120 61.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf9867',
    500: '#b36e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36e28;
$custom-light: #cf9867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.216,
    "s": 63.47,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60138,
    "c": 0.12014,
    "h": 61.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36E28

secondary

#6F9BC8

accent

#93E641

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EB

border

#D4CCC6

text

#150D06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36E28

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

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