#B37938#B37938

#B37938 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.108 H 66.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B37938
RGB	rgb(179, 121, 56)
HSL	hsl(32, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(32, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.63, 16.42, 43.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.63, 46.71, 69.42°)
OKLab	oklab(62.36% 0.0434 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(62.36% 0.108 66.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.1434, 23.5462, 6.9086)
Luminance	0.2354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B37938 #3872B3

analogous

#B33B38 #B37938 #AFB338

triadic

#B37938 #38B379 #7938B3

tetradic

#B37938 #38B33B #3872B3 #B338AF

square

#B37938 #38B33B #3872B3 #B338AF

split-complementary

#B37938 #38AFB3 #3B38B3

monochromatic

#563A1B #845929 #B37938 #CC975C #DBB58B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#B37938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#B37938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B37938

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B37938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B37938	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7D31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C36B6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b37938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 121, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.108 66.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9f71',
    500: '#b37938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b37938;
$custom-light: #ce9f71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b37938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.707,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62355,
    "c": 0.10847,
    "h": 66.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B37938

secondary

#82A1C5

accent

#90DC4C

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#140E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B37938

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

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