#B37138#B37138

#B37138 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.110 H 59.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B37138
RGB	rgb(179, 113, 56)
HSL	hsl(28, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(28, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.9%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.69, 20.88, 41.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.69, 46.54, 63.34°)
OKLab	oklab(60.85% 0.0567 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(60.85% 0.11 59.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.2112, 21.6819, 6.5979)
Luminance	0.2168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B37138 #387AB3

analogous

#B3383C #B37138 #B3AE38

triadic

#B37138 #38B371 #7138B3

tetradic

#B37138 #3CB338 #387AB3 #AE38B3

square

#B37138 #3CB338 #387AB3 #AE38B3

split-complementary

#B37138 #38B3AE #383CB3

monochromatic

#56361B #845429 #B37138 #CC905C #DBB08B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#B37138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#B37138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B37138

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B37138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B37138	1.00	3.94	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C36364

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b37138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 113, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.110 59.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9a71',
    500: '#b37138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b37138;
$custom-light: #ce9a71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b37138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.805,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60848,
    "c": 0.11049,
    "h": 59.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B37138

secondary

#82A6C5

accent

#99DC4C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#140E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B37138

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

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