Exploring the Color #3B2218

#3B2218 sits at 17° on the color wheel, placing it in the orange family of the warm half of the spectrum. With 42% saturation and 16% lightness, it reads as a moderately saturated, deep tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 59, 34, 24 produces a 14.71:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #3B2218 is a distant relative of CSS black — about 72 units away from #000000. Designers reach for orange hues at this saturation when the brief calls for a conversational, mid-energy register, and at this lightness when they want weight, depth, and grounded contrast. On screen the warm cast tends to pair best with cool neutrals around 210°-230° to balance temperature.

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