#B37E23#B37E23

#B37E23 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.121 H 75.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B37E23
RGB	rgb(179, 126, 35)
HSL	hsl(38, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(38, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 80.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.71, 12.64, 53.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.71, 55.42, 76.82°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% 0.0295 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.121 75.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.3566, 24.6290, 4.9555)
Luminance	0.2463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B37E23 #2358B3

analogous

#B33623 #B37E23 #A0B323

triadic

#B37E23 #23B37E #7E23B3

tetradic

#B37E23 #23B336 #2358B3 #B323A0

square

#B37E23 #23B336 #2358B3 #B323A0

split-complementary

#B37E23 #23A0B3 #3623B3

monochromatic

#4D360F #805A19 #B37E23 #D99E3B #E3B86E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#B37E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#B37E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B37E23

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B37E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B37E23	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918012

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3706D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b37e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 126, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.121 75.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa366',
    500: '#b37e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b37e23;
$custom-light: #cfa366;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b37e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.917,
    "s": 67.29,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63146,
    "c": 0.12051,
    "h": 75.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B37E23

secondary

#698CC9

accent

#7DEA3E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF3EB

border

#D3CDC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B37E23

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

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