#B37538#B37538

#B37538 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.109 H 62.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B37538
RGB	rgb(179, 117, 56)
HSL	hsl(30, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(30, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.6%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.65, 18.65, 42.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.65, 46.56, 66.38°)
OKLab	oklab(61.6% 0.0501 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(61.6% 0.109 62.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.6674, 22.5941, 6.7499)
Luminance	0.2259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B37538 #3876B3

analogous

#B33839 #B37538 #B3B238

triadic

#B37538 #38B375 #7538B3

tetradic

#B37538 #39B338 #3876B3 #B238B3

square

#B37538 #39B338 #3876B3 #B238B3

split-complementary

#B37538 #38B3B2 #3839B3

monochromatic

#56381B #845729 #B37538 #CC945C #DBB28B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#B37538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#B37538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B37538

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B37538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B37538	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887A31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978839

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C36768

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b37538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 117, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.109 62.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9d71',
    500: '#b37538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b37538;
$custom-light: #ce9d71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b37538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.756,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61595,
    "c": 0.10925,
    "h": 62.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B37538

secondary

#82A4C5

accent

#94DC4C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#140E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B37538

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

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