#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
RGBrgb(179, 119, 23)
HSLhsl(37, 77%, 40%)
HSVhsv(37, 87%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 33.5%, 87.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LABlab(54.91, 16.18, 56.42)
CIE-LCHlch(54.91, 58.69, 74.00°)
OKLaboklab(61.72% 0.0386 0.1193)
OKLCHoklch(61.72% 0.125 72.1)
XYZxyz(25.3439, 22.8416, 3.8846)
Luminance0.2284 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##B377171.003.775.575.57
#FFFFFF3.771.0021.0021.00
#0000005.5721.001.001.00
##0000005.5721.001.001.00

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

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#B37717 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva