#B37A42#B37A42

#B37A42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.102 H 63.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B37A42
RGB	rgb(179, 122, 66)
HSL	hsl(30, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(30, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.8%, 63.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.99, 16.50, 39.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.99, 42.42, 67.11°)
OKLab	oklab(62.67% 0.0452 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(62.67% 0.102 63.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.5350, 23.8983, 8.3685)
Luminance	0.2390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B37A42 #427BB3

analogous

#B34242 #B37A42 #B3B242

triadic

#B37A42 #42B37A #7A42B3

tetradic

#B37A42 #42B342 #427BB3 #B242B3

square

#B37A42 #42B342 #427BB3 #B242B3

split-complementary

#B37A42 #42B3B2 #4242B3

monochromatic

#5A3D21 #865C32 #B37A42 #C8996A #D9B797

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#B37A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#B37A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B37A42

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B37A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B37A42	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C26D6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b37a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 122, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.102 63.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea078',
    500: '#b37a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b37a42;
$custom-light: #cea078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b37a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.735,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62667,
    "c": 0.10152,
    "h": 63.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B37A42

secondary

#8CA9C4

accent

#94D652

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#140E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B37A42

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

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