#B37B28#B37B28

#B37B28 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.118 H 72.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B37B28
RGB	rgb(179, 123, 40)
HSL	hsl(36, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(36, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.3%, 77.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.99, 14.50, 51.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.99, 53.35, 74.22°)
OKLab	oklab(62.6% 0.0356 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(62.6% 0.118 72.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.0583, 23.9051, 5.2488)
Luminance	0.2390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B37B28 #2860B3

analogous

#B33528 #B37B28 #A5B328

triadic

#B37B28 #28B37B #7B28B3

tetradic

#B37B28 #28B335 #2860B3 #B328A5

square

#B37B28 #28B335 #2860B3 #B328A5

split-complementary

#B37B28 #28A5B3 #3528B3

monochromatic

#4F3612 #81591D #B37B28 #D59A43 #E0B575

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#B37B28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#B37B28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B37B28

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B37B28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B37B28	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)

#8F7E1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C36D6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b37b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 123, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.118 72.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa168',
    500: '#b37b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b37b28;
$custom-light: #cfa168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b37b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.827,
    "s": 63.47,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62595,
    "c": 0.11787,
    "h": 72.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B37B28

secondary

#6F93C8

accent

#84E641

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#150E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B37B28

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

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