#B37638#B37638

#B37638 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.109 H 63.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B37638
RGB	rgb(179, 118, 56)
HSL	hsl(30, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(30, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.1%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.90, 18.09, 42.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.90, 46.58, 67.14°)
OKLab	oklab(61.78% 0.0484 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(61.78% 0.109 63.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.7845, 22.8284, 6.7890)
Luminance	0.2283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B37638 #3875B3

analogous

#B33938 #B37638 #B2B338

triadic

#B37638 #38B376 #7638B3

tetradic

#B37638 #38B339 #3875B3 #B338B2

square

#B37638 #38B339 #3875B3 #B338B2

split-complementary

#B37638 #38B2B3 #3938B3

monochromatic

#56391B #845729 #B37638 #CC955C #DBB38B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#B37638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#B37638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B37638

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B37638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B37638	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897B31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C36868

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b37638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 118, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.109 63.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9d71',
    500: '#b37638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b37638;
$custom-light: #ce9d71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b37638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 118,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.244,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61784,
    "c": 0.10901,
    "h": 63.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B37638

secondary

#82A3C5

accent

#93DC4C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#140E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B37638

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

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