#B36E40#B36E40

#B36E40 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.107 H 53.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36E40
RGB	rgb(179, 110, 64)
HSL	hsl(24, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(24, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.5%, 64.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.07, 23.05, 36.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.07, 43.36, 57.88°)
OKLab	oklab(60.4% 0.0645 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(60.4% 0.107 53)
XYZ	xyz(25.0936, 21.1081, 7.6022)
Luminance	0.2111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36E40 #4085B3

analogous

#B3404C #B36E40 #B3A740

triadic

#B36E40 #40B36E #6E40B3

tetradic

#B36E40 #4CB340 #4085B3 #A740B3

square

#B36E40 #4CB340 #4085B3 #A740B3

split-complementary

#B36E40 #40B3A7 #404CB3

monochromatic

#593720 #865230 #B36E40 #C98E67 #D9B094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#B36E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#B36E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36E40

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36E40	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82753C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C36063

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 110, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.107 53.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9876',
    500: '#b36e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36e40;
$custom-light: #ce9876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60398,
    "c": 0.10712,
    "h": 53
  },
  "luminance": 0.21106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36E40

secondary

#8AADC4

accent

#A1D751

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#140D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36E40

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

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