#B37916#B37916

#B37916 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.126 H 73.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B37916
RGB	rgb(179, 121, 22)
HSL	hsl(38, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(38, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 87.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.40, 15.04, 57.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.40, 59.05, 75.24°)
OKLab	oklab(62.1% 0.0352 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(62.1% 0.126 73.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.5746, 23.3187, 3.9130)
Luminance	0.2332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B37916 #1650B3

analogous

#B32A16 #B37916 #9FB316

triadic

#B37916 #16B379 #7916B3

tetradic

#B37916 #16B32A #1650B3 #B3169F

square

#B37916 #16B32A #1650B3 #B3169F

split-complementary

#B37916 #169FB3 #2A16B3

monochromatic

#462F09 #7C540F #B37916 #E49C22 #EBB559

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#B37916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#B37916 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B37916

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B37916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B37916	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)

#8D7C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8A1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C46A67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b37916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 121, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.126 73.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d09f5f',
    500: '#b37916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b37916;
$custom-light: #d09f5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b37916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.834,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62101,
    "c": 0.12559,
    "h": 73.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B37916

secondary

#5783CE

accent

#7BF533

background

#FDF9F5

surface

#FBF2EA

border

#D4CCC6

text

#150E05

muted

#837E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B37916

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

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