#B37738#B37738

#B37738 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.109 H 64.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B37738
RGB	rgb(179, 119, 56)
HSL	hsl(31, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(31, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.14, 17.53, 43.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.14, 46.62, 67.91°)
OKLab	oklab(61.97% 0.0467 0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(61.97% 0.109 64.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.9029, 23.0652, 6.8284)
Luminance	0.2306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B37738 #3874B3

analogous

#B33A38 #B37738 #B1B338

triadic

#B37738 #38B377 #7738B3

tetradic

#B37738 #38B33A #3874B3 #B338B1

square

#B37738 #38B33A #3874B3 #B338B1

split-complementary

#B37738 #38B1B3 #3A38B3

monochromatic

#56391B #845829 #B37738 #CC955C #DBB48B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#B37738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#B37738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B37738

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B37738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B37738	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	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)

#8A7C31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988A39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C36969

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b37738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 119, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.109 64.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9e71',
    500: '#b37738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b37738;
$custom-light: #ce9e71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b37738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.732,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61974,
    "c": 0.1088,
    "h": 64.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B37738

secondary

#82A3C5

accent

#92DC4C

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#140E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B37738

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

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