#B37C23#B37C23

#B37C23 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.120 H 74.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B37C23
RGB	rgb(179, 124, 35)
HSL	hsl(37, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(37, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 80.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.21, 13.75, 53.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.21, 55.24, 75.58°)
OKLab	oklab(62.75% 0.0328 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(62.75% 0.12 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.1034, 24.1226, 4.8711)
Luminance	0.2412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B37C23 #235AB3

analogous

#B33423 #B37C23 #A2B323

triadic

#B37C23 #23B37C #7C23B3

tetradic

#B37C23 #23B334 #235AB3 #B323A2

square

#B37C23 #23B334 #235AB3 #B323A2

split-complementary

#B37C23 #23A2B3 #3423B3

monochromatic

#4D350F #805919 #B37C23 #D99C3B #E3B66E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#B37C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#B37C23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B37C23

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B37C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B37C23	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907F12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C36E6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b37c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 124, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.120 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa165',
    500: '#b37c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b37c23;
$custom-light: #cfa165;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b37c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.083,
    "s": 67.29,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62754,
    "c": 0.12039,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B37C23

secondary

#698EC9

accent

#80EA3E

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B37C23

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

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