#B37E16#B37E16

#B37E16 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.126 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B37E16
RGB	rgb(179, 126, 22)
HSL	hsl(40, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(40, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 87.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.65, 12.25, 58.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.65, 59.39, 78.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% 0.0272 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.126 77.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.1981, 24.5656, 4.1208)
Luminance	0.2456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B37E16 #164BB3

analogous

#B33016 #B37E16 #9AB316

triadic

#B37E16 #16B37E #7E16B3

tetradic

#B37E16 #16B330 #164BB3 #B3169A

square

#B37E16 #16B330 #164BB3 #B3169A

split-complementary

#B37E16 #169AB3 #3016B3

monochromatic

#463109 #7C580F #B37E16 #E4A322 #EBB959

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#B37E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#B37E16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B37E16

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B37E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B37E16	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C36F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b37e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 126, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.126 77.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa360',
    500: '#b37e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b37e16;
$custom-light: #cfa360;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b37e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.745,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63077,
    "c": 0.12579,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B37E16

secondary

#577FCE

accent

#74F533

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF3EB

border

#D4CDC6

text

#150F05

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B37E16

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

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