#B37816#B37816

#B37816 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.126 H 73.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B37816
RGB	rgb(179, 120, 22)
HSL	hsl(37, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(37, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33%, 87.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.15, 15.60, 56.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.15, 59.00, 74.67°)
OKLab	oklab(61.91% 0.0368 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(61.91% 0.126 73)
XYZ	xyz(25.4537, 23.0769, 3.8727)
Luminance	0.2308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B37816 #1651B3

analogous

#B32916 #B37816 #A0B316

triadic

#B37816 #16B378 #7816B3

tetradic

#B37816 #16B329 #1651B3 #B316A0

square

#B37816 #16B329 #1651B3 #B316A0

split-complementary

#B37816 #16A0B3 #2916B3

monochromatic

#462F09 #7C530F #B37816 #E49B22 #EBB459

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#B37816 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#B37816 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B37816

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B37816	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B37816	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)

#8D7C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C46967

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b37816;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 120, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.126 73.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09e5f',
    500: '#b37816',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b37816;
$custom-light: #d09e5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b37816",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.452,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61909,
    "c": 0.12562,
    "h": 73
  },
  "luminance": 0.23075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B37816

secondary

#5784CE

accent

#7CF533

background

#FDF9F5

surface

#FBF2EA

border

#D4CCC6

text

#150E05

muted

#837E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B37816

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

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