#B37557#B37557

#B37557 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.089 H 46.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B37557
RGB	rgb(179, 117, 87)
HSL	hsl(20, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(20, 51%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.6%, 51.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.07, 21.02, 26.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.07, 33.84, 51.59°)
OKLab	oklab(62.05% 0.0617 0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(62.05% 0.089 46.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.6735, 22.9966, 12.0489)
Luminance	0.2299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B37557 #5795B3

analogous

#B35767 #B37557 #B3A357

triadic

#B37557 #57B375 #7557B3

tetradic

#B37557 #67B357 #5795B3 #A357B3

square

#B37557 #67B357 #5795B3 #A357B3

split-complementary

#B37557 #57B3A3 #5767B3

monochromatic

#633E2D #8D5940 #B37557 #C69881 #D9BAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#B37557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#B37557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B37557

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B37557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B37557	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857C55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16A6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b37557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 117, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.089 46.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9d86',
    500: '#b37557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b37557;
$custom-light: #cd9d86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b37557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.565,
    "s": 37.705,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62053,
    "c": 0.08947,
    "h": 46.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B37557

secondary

#9FBAC7

accent

#A8CE5A

background

#FCF9F8

surface

#F9F2EF

border

#D2CCCA

text

#140E0B

muted

#827E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B37557

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

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