#B37217#B37217

#B37217 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.126 H 68.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B37217
RGB	rgb(179, 114, 23)
HSL	hsl(35, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(35, 87%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.3%, 87.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.69, 18.97, 55.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.69, 58.58, 71.11°)
OKLab	oklab(60.77% 0.0467 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(60.77% 0.126 68.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.7645, 21.6827, 3.6914)
Luminance	0.2168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B37217 #1758B3

analogous

#B32417 #B37217 #A6B317

triadic

#B37217 #17B372 #7217B3

tetradic

#B37217 #17B324 #1758B3 #B317A6

square

#B37217 #17B324 #1758B3 #B317A6

split-complementary

#B37217 #17A6B3 #2417B3

monochromatic

#472D09 #7D4F10 #B37217 #E39324 #EAAE5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#B37217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#B37217 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B37217

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B37217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B37217	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)

#877700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97861A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C46262

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b37217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 114, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.126 68.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09a5f',
    500: '#b37217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b37217;
$custom-light: #d09a5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b37217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35,
    "s": 77.228,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60772,
    "c": 0.12599,
    "h": 68.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B37217

secondary

#5889CD

accent

#84F434

background

#FDF9F5

surface

#FBF2EA

border

#D4CCC6

text

#150E05

muted

#837E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B37217

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

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