#B37231#B37231

#B37231 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.114 H 62.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B37231
RGB	rgb(179, 114, 49)
HSL	hsl(30, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(30, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.3%, 72.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.86, 19.94, 45.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.86, 49.41, 66.20°)
OKLab	oklab(60.96% 0.0528 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(60.96% 0.114 62.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.1640, 21.8425, 5.7959)
Luminance	0.2184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B37231 #3172B3

analogous

#B33131 #B37231 #B3B331

triadic

#B37231 #31B372 #7231B3

tetradic

#B37231 #31B331 #3172B3 #B331B3

square

#B37231 #31B331 #3172B3 #B331B3

split-complementary

#B37231 #31B3B3 #3131B3

monochromatic

#533517 #835324 #B37231 #D09152 #DDAF82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#B37231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#B37231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B37231

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B37231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B37231	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867829

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968732

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C36364

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b37231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 114, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.114 62.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf9a6c',
    500: '#b37231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b37231;
$custom-light: #cf9a6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b37231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60959,
    "c": 0.11421,
    "h": 62.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B37231

secondary

#7AA0C6

accent

#94E048

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#150E07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B37231

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

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