#B37B21#B37B21

#B37B21 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.121 H 73.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B37B21
RGBrgb(179, 123, 33)
HSLhsl(37, 69%, 42%)
HSVhsv(37, 82%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 31.3%, 81.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LABlab(55.95, 14.24, 54.00)
CIE-LCHlch(55.95, 55.85, 75.23°)
OKLaboklab(62.55% 0.034 0.1164)
OKLCHoklch(62.55% 0.121 73.7)
XYZxyz(25.9499, 23.8617, 4.6776)
Luminance0.2386 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B37B21 #2159B3
analogous
#B33221 #B37B21 #A2B321
triadic
#B37B21 #21B37B #7B21B3
tetradic
#B37B21 #21B332 #2159B3 #B321A2
square
#B37B21 #21B332 #2159B3 #B321A2
split-complementary
#B37B21 #21A2B3 #3221B3
monochromatic
#4C340E #7F5717 #B37B21 #DA9C37 #E4B56B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64
#B37B21 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77
#B37B21 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B37B21
5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B37B21#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B37B211.003.645.775.77
#FFFFFF3.641.0021.0021.00
#0000005.7721.001.001.00
##0000005.7721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8F7E0F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9C8B24
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C36C6A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b37b21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 123, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.121 73.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa164',
    500: '#b37b21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b37b21;
$custom-light: #cfa164;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b37b21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.986,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62547,
    "c": 0.12129,
    "h": 73.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B37B21
secondary
#668CCA
accent
#7FEC3C
background
#FDF9F6
surface
#FAF2EB
border
#D3CCC6
text
#150E06
muted
#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B37B21

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#B37B21 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva