#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
RGB	rgb(179, 123, 33)
HSL	hsl(37, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(37, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.3%, 81.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.95, 14.24, 54.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.95, 55.85, 75.23°)
OKLab	oklab(62.55% 0.034 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(62.55% 0.121 73.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.9499, 23.8617, 4.6776)
Luminance	0.2386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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
##B37B21	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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