#B37827#B37827

#B37827 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.119 H 70.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B37827
RGB	rgb(179, 120, 39)
HSL	hsl(35, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(35, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33%, 78.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.24, 16.14, 51.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.24, 53.52, 72.45°)
OKLab	oklab(62.01% 0.0402 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(62.01% 0.119 70.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.6751, 23.1655, 5.0382)
Luminance	0.2316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B37827 #2762B3

analogous

#B33227 #B37827 #A8B327

triadic

#B37827 #27B378 #7827B3

tetradic

#B37827 #27B332 #2762B3 #B327A8

square

#B37827 #27B332 #2762B3 #B327A8

split-complementary

#B37827 #27A8B3 #3227B3

monochromatic

#4E3511 #81561C #B37827 #D69741 #E1B374

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#B37827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#B37827 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B37827

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B37827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B37827	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)

#8C7C1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C36968

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b37827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 120, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.119 70.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf9f67',
    500: '#b37827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b37827;
$custom-light: #cf9f67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b37827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.714,
    "s": 64.22,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62008,
    "c": 0.11851,
    "h": 70.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B37827

secondary

#6E94C8

accent

#87E741

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#150E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B37827

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

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