#B36E36#B36E36

#B36E36 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.113 H 57.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36E36
RGB	rgb(179, 110, 54)
HSL	hsl(27, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(27, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.5%, 69.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.95, 22.43, 41.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.95, 47.43, 61.78°)
OKLab	oklab(60.27% 0.061 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(60.27% 0.113 57.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.8341, 21.0044, 6.2357)
Luminance	0.2100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36E36 #367BB3

analogous

#B3363C #B36E36 #B3AC36

triadic

#B36E36 #36B36E #6E36B3

tetradic

#B36E36 #3CB336 #367BB3 #AC36B3

square

#B36E36 #3CB336 #367BB3 #AC36B3

split-complementary

#B36E36 #36B3AC #363CB3

monochromatic

#55341A #845128 #B36E36 #CD8D59 #DBAD88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#B36E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#B36E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36E36

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36E36	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)

#837530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35F62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 110, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.113 57.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf986f',
    500: '#b36e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36e36;
$custom-light: #cf986f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.88,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60274,
    "c": 0.11284,
    "h": 57.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36E36

secondary

#80A6C5

accent

#9CDD4B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36E36

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

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