#B36E46#B36E46

#B36E46 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.104 H 49.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36E46
RGB	rgb(179, 110, 70)
HSL	hsl(22, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(22, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.5%, 60.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.15, 23.48, 33.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.15, 40.97, 55.03°)
OKLab	oklab(60.48% 0.0667 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(60.48% 0.104 49.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.2736, 21.1802, 8.5503)
Luminance	0.2118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36E46 #468BB3

analogous

#B34655 #B36E46 #B3A546

triadic

#B36E46 #46B36E #6E46B3

tetradic

#B36E46 #55B346 #468BB3 #A546B3

square

#B36E46 #55B346 #468BB3 #A546B3

split-complementary

#B36E46 #46B3A5 #4655B3

monochromatic

#5B3824 #875335 #B36E46 #C78F6F #D8B29B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#B36E46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#B36E46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36E46

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36E46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36E46	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C36164

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36e46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 110, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.104 49.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce987a',
    500: '#b36e46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36e46;
$custom-light: #ce987a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36e46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.018,
    "s": 43.775,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60484,
    "c": 0.10366,
    "h": 49.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36E46

secondary

#90B1C4

accent

#A5D454

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#140D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36E46

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

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