#B37B16#B37B16

#B37B16 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.126 H 75.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B37B16
RGB	rgb(179, 123, 22)
HSL	hsl(39, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(39, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.3%, 87.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.90, 13.92, 57.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.90, 59.16, 76.39°)
OKLab	oklab(62.49% 0.032 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(62.49% 0.126 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.8202, 23.8099, 3.9948)
Luminance	0.2381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B37B16 #164EB3

analogous

#B32D16 #B37B16 #9CB316

triadic

#B37B16 #16B37B #7B16B3

tetradic

#B37B16 #16B32D #164EB3 #B3169C

square

#B37B16 #16B32D #164EB3 #B3169C

split-complementary

#B37B16 #169CB3 #2D16B3

monochromatic

#463009 #7C560F #B37B16 #E49F22 #EBB759

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#B37B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#B37B16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B37B16

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B37B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B37B16	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8B1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C46C69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b37b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 123, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.126 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa160',
    500: '#b37b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b37b16;
$custom-light: #cfa160;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b37b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.599,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6249,
    "c": 0.1256,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B37B16

secondary

#5781CE

accent

#78F533

background

#FDF9F5

surface

#FBF2EA

border

#D4CCC6

text

#150E05

muted

#837E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B37B16

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

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