#B37559#B37559

#B37559 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.088 H 45.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B37559
RGB	rgb(179, 117, 89)
HSL	hsl(19, 37%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(19, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.6%, 50.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.10, 21.21, 25.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.10, 33.11, 50.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.09% 0.0625 0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(62.09% 0.088 45)
XYZ	xyz(26.7564, 23.0297, 12.4852)
Luminance	0.2303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B37559 #5997B3

analogous

#B3596A #B37559 #B3A259

triadic

#B37559 #59B375 #7559B3

tetradic

#B37559 #6AB359 #5997B3 #A259B3

square

#B37559 #6AB359 #5997B3 #A259B3

split-complementary

#B37559 #59B3A2 #596AB3

monochromatic

#643F2E #8E5941 #B37559 #C69883 #D9BBAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#B37559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#B37559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B37559

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B37559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B37559	1.00	3.75	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857C57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16A6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b37559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 117, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.088 45.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9d88',
    500: '#b37559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b37559;
$custom-light: #cd9d88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b37559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.667,
    "s": 37.19,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6209,
    "c": 0.08832,
    "h": 45
  },
  "luminance": 0.23028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B37559

secondary

#A0BBC7

accent

#AACD5B

background

#FCF9F8

surface

#F9F2EF

border

#D2CCCA

text

#140E0B

muted

#827E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B37559

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

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