#B37853#B37853

#B37853 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.090 H 52.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B37853
RGB	rgb(179, 120, 83)
HSL	hsl(23, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(23, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33%, 53.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.73, 18.98, 29.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.73, 35.16, 57.33°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% 0.055 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.09 52.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.8698, 23.6434, 11.3304)
Luminance	0.2364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B37853 #538EB3

analogous

#B3535E #B37853 #B3A853

triadic

#B37853 #53B378 #7853B3

tetradic

#B37853 #5EB353 #538EB3 #A853B3

square

#B37853 #5EB353 #538EB3 #A853B3

split-complementary

#B37853 #53B3A8 #535EB3

monochromatic

#61402B #8B5B3E #B37853 #C6997D #D9BBA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#B37853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#B37853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B37853

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B37853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B37853	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897E50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978B53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16D6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b37853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 120, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.090 52.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9f84',
    500: '#b37853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b37853;
$custom-light: #cd9f84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b37853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.125,
    "s": 38.71,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62543,
    "c": 0.09029,
    "h": 52.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B37853

secondary

#9CB6C6

accent

#A1CF59

background

#FCF9F8

surface

#F9F2EF

border

#D2CCCA

text

#140E0B

muted

#827E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B37853

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

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