#B37517#B37517

#B37517 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.126 H 70.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B37517
RGB	rgb(179, 117, 23)
HSL	hsl(36, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(36, 87%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.6%, 87.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.42, 17.30, 56.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.42, 58.63, 72.84°)
OKLab	oklab(61.34% 0.0418 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(61.34% 0.126 70.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1084, 22.3706, 3.8061)
Luminance	0.2237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B37517 #1755B3

analogous

#B32717 #B37517 #A3B317

triadic

#B37517 #17B375 #7517B3

tetradic

#B37517 #17B327 #1755B3 #B317A3

square

#B37517 #17B327 #1755B3 #B317A3

split-complementary

#B37517 #17A3B3 #2717B3

monochromatic

#472E09 #7D5210 #B37517 #E39724 #EAB15B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#B37517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#B37517 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B37517

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B37517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B37517	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99881A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C46564

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b37517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 117, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.126 70.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09c5f',
    500: '#b37517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b37517;
$custom-light: #d09c5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b37517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.154,
    "s": 77.228,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61339,
    "c": 0.12553,
    "h": 70.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B37517

secondary

#5887CD

accent

#80F434

background

#FDF9F5

surface

#FBF2EA

border

#D4CCC6

text

#150E05

muted

#837E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B37517

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →