#B36F37#B36F37

#B36F37 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.112 H 57.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36F37
RGB	rgb(179, 111, 55)
HSL	hsl(27, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(27, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38%, 69.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.20, 21.93, 41.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.20, 47.00, 62.18°)
OKLab	oklab(60.47% 0.0597 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(60.47% 0.112 57.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.9664, 21.2309, 6.3968)
Luminance	0.2123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36F37 #377BB3

analogous

#B3373D #B36F37 #B3AD37

triadic

#B36F37 #37B36F #6F37B3

tetradic

#B36F37 #3DB337 #377BB3 #AD37B3

square

#B36F37 #3DB337 #377BB3 #AD37B3

split-complementary

#B36F37 #37B3AD #373DB3

monochromatic

#55351A #845229 #B36F37 #CD8E5B #DBAE8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#B36F37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#B36F37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36F37

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36F37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36F37	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C36163

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36f37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 111, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.112 57.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf9870',
    500: '#b36f37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36f37;
$custom-light: #cf9870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36f37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.097,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60468,
    "c": 0.11185,
    "h": 57.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36F37

secondary

#81A6C5

accent

#9BDC4B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36F37

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

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