#B37717#B37717

#B37717 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.125 H 72.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B37717
RGB	rgb(179, 119, 23)
HSL	hsl(37, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(37, 87%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 87.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.91, 16.18, 56.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.91, 58.69, 74.00°)
OKLab	oklab(61.72% 0.0386 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(61.72% 0.125 72.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.3439, 22.8416, 3.8846)
Luminance	0.2284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B37717 #1753B3

analogous

#B32917 #B37717 #A1B317

triadic

#B37717 #17B377 #7717B3

tetradic

#B37717 #17B329 #1753B3 #B317A1

square

#B37717 #17B329 #1753B3 #B317A1

split-complementary

#B37717 #17A1B3 #2917B3

monochromatic

#472F09 #7D5310 #B37717 #E39A24 #EAB35B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#B37717 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#B37717 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B37717

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B37717	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B37717	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)

#8C7B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A891B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C46866

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b37717;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 119, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.125 72.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09e5f',
    500: '#b37717',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b37717;
$custom-light: #d09e5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b37717",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.923,
    "s": 77.228,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61721,
    "c": 0.12534,
    "h": 72.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B37717

secondary

#5885CD

accent

#7EF434

background

#FDF9F5

surface

#FBF2EA

border

#D4CCC6

text

#150E05

muted

#837E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B37717

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

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