#B37821#B37821

#B37821 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.121 H 71.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B37821
RGB	rgb(179, 120, 33)
HSL	hsl(36, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(36, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33%, 81.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.20, 15.91, 53.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.20, 55.66, 73.39°)
OKLab	oklab(61.97% 0.0389 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(61.97% 0.121 71.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.5834, 23.1288, 4.5555)
Luminance	0.2313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B37821 #215CB3

analogous

#B32F21 #B37821 #A5B321

triadic

#B37821 #21B378 #7821B3

tetradic

#B37821 #21B32F #215CB3 #B321A5

square

#B37821 #21B32F #215CB3 #B321A5

split-complementary

#B37821 #21A5B3 #2F21B3

monochromatic

#4C330E #7F5517 #B37821 #DA9837 #E4B36B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#B37821 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#B37821 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B37821

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B37821	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B37821	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7C10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C36967

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b37821;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 120, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.121 71.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf9f64',
    500: '#b37821',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b37821;
$custom-light: #cf9f64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b37821",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.753,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61967,
    "c": 0.12138,
    "h": 71.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B37821

secondary

#668ECA

accent

#83EC3C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EB

border

#D4CCC6

text

#150E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B37821

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

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