#B36F17#B36F17

#B36F17 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.127 H 66.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36F17
RGB	rgb(179, 111, 23)
HSL	hsl(34, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(34, 87%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38%, 87.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.97, 20.64, 54.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.97, 58.59, 69.38°)
OKLab	oklab(60.21% 0.0516 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(60.21% 0.127 66)
XYZ	xyz(24.4316, 21.0170, 3.5805)
Luminance	0.2101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36F17 #175BB3

analogous

#B32117 #B36F17 #A9B317

triadic

#B36F17 #17B36F #6F17B3

tetradic

#B36F17 #17B321 #175BB3 #B317A9

square

#B36F17 #17B321 #175BB3 #B317A9

split-complementary

#B36F17 #17A9B3 #2117B3

monochromatic

#472C09 #7D4D10 #B36F17 #E39024 #EAAB5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#B36F17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#B36F17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36F17

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36F17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36F17	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)

#857500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958519

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45F5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36f17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 111, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.127 66.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0985e',
    500: '#b36f17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36f17;
$custom-light: #d0985e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36f17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.846,
    "s": 77.228,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60213,
    "c": 0.12666,
    "h": 66
  },
  "luminance": 0.21014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36F17

secondary

#588BCD

accent

#88F434

background

#FDF9F5

surface

#FBF2EA

border

#D4CCC6

text

#150D05

muted

#837E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36F17

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

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