#B36E37#B36E37

#B36E37 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.112 H 56.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36E37
RGB	rgb(179, 110, 55)
HSL	hsl(27, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(27, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.5%, 69.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.96, 22.49, 41.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.96, 47.03, 61.43°)
OKLab	oklab(60.29% 0.0614 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(60.29% 0.112 56.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.8579, 21.0138, 6.3606)
Luminance	0.2101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36E37 #377CB3

analogous

#B3373E #B36E37 #B3AC37

triadic

#B36E37 #37B36E #6E37B3

tetradic

#B36E37 #3EB337 #377CB3 #AC37B3

square

#B36E37 #3EB337 #377CB3 #AC37B3

split-complementary

#B36E37 #37B3AC #373EB3

monochromatic

#55341A #845129 #B36E37 #CD8D5B #DBAE8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#B36E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#B36E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36E37

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36E37	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)

#827531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35F62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 110, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.112 56.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf9870',
    500: '#b36e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36e37;
$custom-light: #cf9870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.613,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60285,
    "c": 0.11228,
    "h": 56.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36E37

secondary

#81A7C5

accent

#9CDC4B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36E37

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

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