#B36E35#B36E35

#B36E35 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.113 H 57.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36E35
RGB	rgb(179, 110, 53)
HSL	hsl(27, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(27, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.5%, 70.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.94, 22.38, 42.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.94, 47.84, 62.11°)
OKLab	oklab(60.26% 0.0607 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(60.26% 0.113 57.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.8109, 20.9951, 6.1133)
Luminance	0.2099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36E35 #357AB3

analogous

#B3353B #B36E35 #B3AD35

triadic

#B36E35 #35B36E #6E35B3

tetradic

#B36E35 #3BB335 #357AB3 #AD35B3

square

#B36E35 #3BB335 #357AB3 #AD35B3

split-complementary

#B36E35 #35B3AD #353BB3

monochromatic

#553419 #845127 #B36E35 #CD8D58 #DBAD87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#B36E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#B36E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36E35

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36E35	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83752F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35F61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 110, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.113 57.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf986f',
    500: '#b36e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36e35;
$custom-light: #cf986f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.143,
    "s": 54.31,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60263,
    "c": 0.11339,
    "h": 57.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36E35

secondary

#7FA5C5

accent

#9BDE4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36E35

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

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