#B37838#B37838

#B37838 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.109 H 65.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B37838
RGB	rgb(179, 120, 56)
HSL	hsl(31, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(31, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.38, 16.98, 43.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.38, 46.66, 68.66°)
OKLab	oklab(62.16% 0.0451 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(62.16% 0.109 65.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.0225, 23.3045, 6.8683)
Luminance	0.2330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B37838 #3873B3

analogous

#B33B38 #B37838 #B0B338

triadic

#B37838 #38B378 #7838B3

tetradic

#B37838 #38B33B #3873B3 #B338B0

square

#B37838 #38B33B #3873B3 #B338B0

split-complementary

#B37838 #38B0B3 #3B38B3

monochromatic

#56391B #845929 #B37838 #CC965C #DBB48B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#B37838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#B37838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B37838

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B37838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B37838	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)

#8B7C31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C36A6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b37838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 120, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.109 65.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9f71',
    500: '#b37838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b37838;
$custom-light: #ce9f71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b37838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.22,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62164,
    "c": 0.10863,
    "h": 65.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B37838

secondary

#82A2C5

accent

#91DC4C

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#140E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B37838

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

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