#B36E31#B36E31

#B36E31 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.116 H 59.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36E31
RGB	rgb(179, 110, 49)
HSL	hsl(28, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(28, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.5%, 72.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.91, 22.16, 44.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.91, 49.45, 63.37°)
OKLab	oklab(60.22% 0.0595 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(60.22% 0.116 59)
XYZ	xyz(24.7227, 20.9598, 5.6488)
Luminance	0.2096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36E31 #3176B3

analogous

#B33135 #B36E31 #B3AF31

triadic

#B36E31 #31B36E #6E31B3

tetradic

#B36E31 #35B331 #3176B3 #AF31B3

square

#B36E31 #35B331 #3176B3 #AF31B3

split-complementary

#B36E31 #31B3AF #3135B3

monochromatic

#533317 #835024 #B36E31 #D08D52 #DDAC82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#B36E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#B36E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36E31

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36E31	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83752A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35F61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 110, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.116 59.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf986c',
    500: '#b36e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36e31;
$custom-light: #cf986c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.154,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6022,
    "c": 0.11557,
    "h": 59
  },
  "luminance": 0.20957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36E31

secondary

#7AA2C6

accent

#99E048

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36E31

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

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