#B37A22#B37A22

#B37A22 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.121 H 72.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B37A22
RGB	rgb(179, 122, 34)
HSL	hsl(36, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(36, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.8%, 81%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.71, 14.83, 53.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.71, 55.44, 74.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.36% 0.0358 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(62.36% 0.121 72.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.8406, 23.6206, 4.7114)
Luminance	0.2362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B37A22 #225BB3

analogous

#B33222 #B37A22 #A4B322

triadic

#B37A22 #22B37A #7A22B3

tetradic

#B37A22 #22B332 #225BB3 #B322A4

square

#B37A22 #22B332 #225BB3 #B322A4

split-complementary

#B37A22 #22A4B3 #3222B3

monochromatic

#4C340E #805718 #B37A22 #D99A39 #E3B46C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#B37A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#B37A22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B37A22

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B37A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B37A22	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)

#8E7D11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C36B69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b37a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 122, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.121 72.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa065',
    500: '#b37a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b37a22;
$custom-light: #cfa065;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b37a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.414,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62359,
    "c": 0.12084,
    "h": 72.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B37A22

secondary

#688EC9

accent

#81EB3D

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#150E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B37A22

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

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