#B37551#B37551

#B37551 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.093 H 50.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B37551
RGB	rgb(179, 117, 81)
HSL	hsl(22, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(22, 55%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.6%, 54.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.97, 20.48, 29.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.97, 36.12, 55.46°)
OKLab	oklab(61.95% 0.0592 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(61.95% 0.093 50.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.4385, 22.9026, 10.8112)
Luminance	0.2290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B37551 #518FB3

analogous

#B3515E #B37551 #B3A651

triadic

#B37551 #51B375 #7551B3

tetradic

#B37551 #5EB351 #518FB3 #A651B3

square

#B37551 #5EB351 #518FB3 #A651B3

split-complementary

#B37551 #51B3A6 #515EB3

monochromatic

#603E2A #8A593C #B37551 #C6977C #D8B9A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#B37551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#B37551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B37551

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B37551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B37551	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867B4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2696C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b37551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 117, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.093 50.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9d82',
    500: '#b37551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b37551;
$custom-light: #cd9d82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b37551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.041,
    "s": 39.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61946,
    "c": 0.0931,
    "h": 50.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B37551

secondary

#9AB6C6

accent

#A4CF59

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2EF

border

#D3CCCA

text

#140E0A

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B37551

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

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