#B37843#B37843

#B37843 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.101 H 61.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B37843
RGB	rgb(179, 120, 67)
HSL	hsl(28, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(28, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33%, 62.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.51, 17.69, 38.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.51, 41.91, 65.03°)
OKLab	oklab(62.3% 0.0489 0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(62.3% 0.101 61.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.3217, 23.4241, 8.4441)
Luminance	0.2342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B37843 #437EB3

analogous

#B34346 #B37843 #B3B043

triadic

#B37843 #43B378 #7843B3

tetradic

#B37843 #46B343 #437EB3 #B043B3

square

#B37843 #46B343 #437EB3 #B043B3

split-complementary

#B37843 #43B3B0 #4346B3

monochromatic

#5A3C22 #865A32 #B37843 #C8976B #D8B698

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#B37843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#B37843 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B37843

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B37843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B37843	1.00	3.69	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7D3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988A44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C26B6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b37843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 120, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.101 61.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9f79',
    500: '#b37843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b37843;
$custom-light: #ce9f79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b37843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.393,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62298,
    "c": 0.10126,
    "h": 61.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B37843

secondary

#8DAAC4

accent

#97D553

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#140E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B37843

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

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