#B37A21#B37A21

#B37A21 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.121 H 72.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B37A21
RGB	rgb(179, 122, 33)
HSL	hsl(37, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(37, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.8%, 81.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.70, 14.80, 53.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.70, 55.78, 74.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.35% 0.0356 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(62.35% 0.121 72.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.8264, 23.6149, 4.6365)
Luminance	0.2361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B37A21 #215AB3

analogous

#B33121 #B37A21 #A3B321

triadic

#B37A21 #21B37A #7A21B3

tetradic

#B37A21 #21B331 #215AB3 #B321A3

square

#B37A21 #21B331 #215AB3 #B321A3

split-complementary

#B37A21 #21A3B3 #3121B3

monochromatic

#4C340E #7F5717 #B37A21 #DA9A37 #E4B46B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#B37A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#B37A21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B37A21

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B37A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B37A21	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7D0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C36B69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b37a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 122, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.121 72.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa064',
    500: '#b37a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b37a21;
$custom-light: #cfa064;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b37a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.575,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62353,
    "c": 0.12129,
    "h": 72.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B37A21

secondary

#668DCA

accent

#81EC3C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#150E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B37A21

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

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