#B37542#B37542

#B37542 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.103 H 58.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B37542
RGB	rgb(179, 117, 66)
HSL	hsl(27, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(27, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.6%, 63.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.76, 19.29, 37.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.76, 42.31, 62.87°)
OKLab	oklab(61.72% 0.0535 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(61.72% 0.103 58.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.9368, 22.7019, 8.1691)
Luminance	0.2270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B37542 #4280B3

analogous

#B34247 #B37542 #B3AD42

triadic

#B37542 #42B375 #7542B3

tetradic

#B37542 #47B342 #4280B3 #AD42B3

square

#B37542 #47B342 #4280B3 #AD42B3

split-complementary

#B37542 #42B3AD #4247B3

monochromatic

#5A3B21 #865832 #B37542 #C8956A #D9B497

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#B37542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#B37542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B37542

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B37542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B37542	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887B3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C26869

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b37542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 117, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.103 58.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9d78',
    500: '#b37542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b37542;
$custom-light: #ce9d78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b37542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.08,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61718,
    "c": 0.10283,
    "h": 58.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B37542

secondary

#8CABC4

accent

#9AD652

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#140E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B37542

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

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