#B36E49#B36E49

#B36E49 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.102 H 48.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36E49
RGB	rgb(179, 110, 73)
HSL	hsl(21, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(21, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.5%, 59.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.19, 23.71, 31.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.19, 39.80, 53.44°)
OKLab	oklab(60.53% 0.0679 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(60.53% 0.102 48.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.3707, 21.2190, 9.0616)
Luminance	0.2122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36E49 #498EB3

analogous

#B34959 #B36E49 #B3A349

triadic

#B36E49 #49B36E #6E49B3

tetradic

#B36E49 #59B349 #498EB3 #A349B3

square

#B36E49 #59B349 #498EB3 #A349B3

split-complementary

#B36E49 #49B3A3 #4959B3

monochromatic

#5C3926 #885337 #B36E49 #C69073 #D8B39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#B36E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#B36E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36E49

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36E49	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)

#817646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C26165

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 110, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.102 48.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce987c',
    500: '#b36e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36e49;
$custom-light: #ce987c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.943,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6053,
    "c": 0.10197,
    "h": 48.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36E49

secondary

#93B3C4

accent

#A7D256

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2EE

border

#D3CCC9

text

#140D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36E49

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →