#B37828#B37828

#B37828 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.118 H 69.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B37828
RGB	rgb(179, 120, 40)
HSL	hsl(35, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(35, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33%, 77.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.25, 16.18, 50.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.25, 53.15, 72.28°)
OKLab	oklab(62.02% 0.0405 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(62.02% 0.118 69.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.6918, 23.1722, 5.1267)
Luminance	0.2317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B37828 #2863B3

analogous

#B33228 #B37828 #A8B328

triadic

#B37828 #28B378 #7828B3

tetradic

#B37828 #28B332 #2863B3 #B328A8

square

#B37828 #28B332 #2863B3 #B328A8

split-complementary

#B37828 #28A8B3 #3228B3

monochromatic

#4F3512 #81561D #B37828 #D59743 #E0B375

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#B37828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#B37828 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B37828

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B37828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B37828	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)

#8C7C1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C36968

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b37828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 120, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.118 69.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf9f68',
    500: '#b37828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b37828;
$custom-light: #cf9f68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b37828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.532,
    "s": 63.47,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62016,
    "c": 0.118,
    "h": 69.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B37828

secondary

#6F95C8

accent

#87E641

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#150E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B37828

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

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