#B37817#B37817

#B37817 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.125 H 72.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B37817
RGB	rgb(179, 120, 23)
HSL	hsl(37, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(37, 87%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33%, 87.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.16, 15.62, 56.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.16, 58.73, 74.57°)
OKLab	oklab(61.91% 0.037 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(61.91% 0.125 72.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.4636, 23.0809, 3.9245)
Luminance	0.2308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B37817 #1752B3

analogous

#B32A17 #B37817 #A0B317

triadic

#B37817 #17B378 #7817B3

tetradic

#B37817 #17B32A #1752B3 #B317A0

square

#B37817 #17B32A #1752B3 #B317A0

split-complementary

#B37817 #17A0B3 #2A17B3

monochromatic

#472F09 #7D5410 #B37817 #E39B24 #EAB45B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#B37817 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#B37817 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B37817

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B37817	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B37817	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C46967

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b37817;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 120, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.125 72.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09e60',
    500: '#b37817',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b37817;
$custom-light: #d09e60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b37817",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.308,
    "s": 77.228,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61913,
    "c": 0.12528,
    "h": 72.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B37817

secondary

#5885CD

accent

#7DF434

background

#FDF9F5

surface

#FBF2EA

border

#D4CCC6

text

#150E05

muted

#837E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B37817

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

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