#B37837#B37837

#B37837 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.109 H 65.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B37837
RGB	rgb(179, 120, 55)
HSL	hsl(31, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(31, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33%, 69.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.37, 16.92, 43.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.37, 47.09, 68.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.15% 0.0448 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(62.15% 0.109 65.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.9983, 23.2948, 6.7408)
Luminance	0.2329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B37837 #3772B3

analogous

#B33A37 #B37837 #B0B337

triadic

#B37837 #37B378 #7837B3

tetradic

#B37837 #37B33A #3772B3 #B337B0

square

#B37837 #37B33A #3772B3 #B337B0

split-complementary

#B37837 #37B0B3 #3A37B3

monochromatic

#55391A #845929 #B37837 #CD965B #DBB48A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#B37837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#B37837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B37837

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B37837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B37837	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7C30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C36A6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b37837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 120, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.109 65.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9f71',
    500: '#b37837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b37837;
$custom-light: #ce9f71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b37837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.452,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62153,
    "c": 0.10926,
    "h": 65.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B37837

secondary

#81A1C5

accent

#90DC4B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#140E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B37837

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

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