#B36E55#B36E55

#B36E55 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.096 H 40.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36E55
RGB	rgb(179, 110, 85)
HSL	hsl(16, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(16, 53%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.5%, 52.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.38, 24.73, 25.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.38, 35.49, 45.83°)
OKLab	oklab(60.74% 0.0727 0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(60.74% 0.096 40.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.8076, 21.3938, 11.3628)
Luminance	0.2139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36E55 #559AB3

analogous

#B3556B #B36E55 #B39D55

triadic

#B36E55 #55B36E #6E55B3

tetradic

#B36E55 #6BB355 #559AB3 #9D55B3

square

#B36E55 #6BB355 #559AB3 #9D55B3

split-complementary

#B36E55 #55B39D #556BB3

monochromatic

#623A2C #8C533F #B36E55 #C6927F #D9B6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#B36E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#B36E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36E55

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36E55	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807753

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C26268

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 110, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.096 40.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9885',
    500: '#b36e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36e55;
$custom-light: #cd9885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.957,
    "s": 38.211,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60737,
    "c": 0.09569,
    "h": 40.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36E55

secondary

#9DBCC7

accent

#AFCE5A

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2EF

border

#D3CCCA

text

#140D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36E55

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →