#B37237#B37237

#B37237 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.111 H 60.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B37237
RGB	rgb(179, 114, 55)
HSL	hsl(29, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(29, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.3%, 69.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.92, 20.27, 42.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.92, 46.95, 64.43°)
OKLab	oklab(61.02% 0.0547 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(61.02% 0.111 60.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.2992, 21.8966, 6.5078)
Luminance	0.2189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B37237 #3778B3

analogous

#B3373A #B37237 #B3B037

triadic

#B37237 #37B372 #7237B3

tetradic

#B37237 #3AB337 #3778B3 #B037B3

square

#B37237 #3AB337 #3778B3 #B037B3

split-complementary

#B37237 #37B3B0 #373AB3

monochromatic

#55361A #845429 #B37237 #CD915B #DBB08A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#B37237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#B37237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B37237

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B37237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B37237	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C36465

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b37237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 114, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.111 60.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9a70',
    500: '#b37237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b37237;
$custom-light: #ce9a70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b37237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.548,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61022,
    "c": 0.11073,
    "h": 60.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B37237

secondary

#81A5C5

accent

#97DC4B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#140E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B37237

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

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