#B37C38#B37C38

#B37C38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.108 H 69.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B37C38
RGB	rgb(179, 124, 56)
HSL	hsl(33, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(33, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.37, 14.74, 44.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.37, 46.92, 71.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% 0.0385 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.108 69.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.5137, 24.2868, 7.0320)
Luminance	0.2429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B37C38 #386FB3

analogous

#B33F38 #B37C38 #ACB338

triadic

#B37C38 #38B37C #7C38B3

tetradic

#B37C38 #38B33F #386FB3 #B338AC

square

#B37C38 #38B33F #386FB3 #B338AC

split-complementary

#B37C38 #38ACB3 #3F38B3

monochromatic

#563B1B #845C29 #B37C38 #CC9A5C #DBB78B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#B37C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#B37C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B37C38

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B37C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B37C38	1.00	3.59	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7F31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C36F6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b37c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 124, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.108 69.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea172',
    500: '#b37c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b37c38;
$custom-light: #cea172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b37c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.171,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62934,
    "c": 0.1082,
    "h": 69.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B37C38

secondary

#82A0C5

accent

#8CDC4C

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#140F08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B37C38

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

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