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orange · warm

#715c37

a dark, soft orange · warm · closest name: Saddle Brown

Token name suggestion: Slate Apricot

RGB
113, 92, 55
HSL
38°, 35%, 33%
CMYK
0, 19, 51, 56
Luminance
0.1144

#715c37 is a dark soft orange, 38° on the wheel and 8/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (6.39:1). As text it scores 6.39:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Saddle Brown, nearest Tailwind family is stone.

hsl(38 35% 33%)rgb(113 92 55)Base step 800AA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #715c37 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#715c37
Hue
38°
orange
Saturation
35%
soft
Lightness
33%
dark
Brightness
44%
HSV value
Perceived
37%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1144
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
8/100 cool
Color family
Orange
Tone
Soft
Best ink
White
6.39:1
Closest name
Saddle Brown
ΔE2000 14.9
Chroma
24.6
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.487
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
stone
500 · ΔE 14.7
Web-safe
#666633
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue38° of 360°
Saturation35%
Lightness33%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #715c37.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool8% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red31%
Green67%
Blue2%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#715c37
HEX (8-digit)#715c37ff
RGBrgb(113, 92, 55)
RGBArgba(113, 92, 55, 1)
HSLhsl(38, 35%, 33%)
HSV / HSBhsv(38, 51%, 44%)
HWBhwb(38 22% 56%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 19%, 51%, 56%)
LABlab(40.3 3.3 24.4)
LCHlch(40.3 24.6 82.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.487 0.060 80.8)
XYZ (D65)xyz(11.33, 11.44, 5.23)
Decimal7429175
Display P3color(display-p3 0.443 0.361 0.216)
Web-safe#666633

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #715c37;
background-color: #715c37;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #715c37;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#715c37] bg-[#715c37]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #715c37;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.443, green: 0.361, blue: 0.216)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.443, green: 0.361, blue: 0.216, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#715C37</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF715C37)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF715C37)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(55, 92, 113)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(113, 92, 55)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(113, 92, 55)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 113, 92, 55)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.4431f, 0.3608f, 0.2157f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{113,92,55}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #715c37 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #715c37 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#56462A, #EBE3D6);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #715c37 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F9F8F5;
  --brand-100: #F4F1EC;
  --brand-200: #E8E1D4;
  --brand-300: #DACCB4;
  --brand-400: #C8B38E;
  --brand-500: #B69A68;
  --brand-600: #A58650;
  --brand-700: #897043;
  --brand-800: #715c37;
  --brand-900: #51432A;
  --brand-950: #322A1A;
  --brand: #715c37;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #FAF8F5;
  --brand-border: #E4DAC8;
  --brand-hover: #59482B;
  --brand-pressed: #413520;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241E14;
    --brand-ink: #EBE3D6;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F9F8F5',
        100: '#F4F1EC',
        200: '#E8E1D4',
        300: '#DACCB4',
        400: '#C8B38E',
        500: '#B69A68',
        600: '#A58650',
        700: '#897043',
        800: '#715c37',
        900: '#51432A',
        950: '#322A1A',
        DEFAULT: '#715c37',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F9F8F5,
  '100': #F4F1EC,
  '200': #E8E1D4,
  '300': #DACCB4,
  '400': #C8B38E,
  '500': #B69A68,
  '600': #A58650,
  '700': #897043,
  '800': #715c37,
  '900': #51432A,
  '950': #322A1A,
);
$brand-base: #715c37;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F9F8F5", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F4F1EC", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E8E1D4", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#DACCB4", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#C8B38E", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#B69A68", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#A58650", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#897043", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#715c37", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#51432A", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#322A1A", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#ffffff", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#ffffff on #715c37 · 6.39:1
Use #ffffffAA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 6.39:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 3.29:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #715c37 as text scores 6.39:1 on white and 3.29:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #F7F3EE at 5.78:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#715c37 · 6.39:1
AA on whitealready passes
#715c37
The quick fox
#6A5634 · 7.02:1
AAA on white−2% L
#6A5634
The quick fox
#8C7244 · 4.61:1
AA on black+8% L
#8C7244
The quick fox
#B0925D · 7.12:1
AAA on black+20% L
#B0925D

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #715C37 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#715c37 on white: 6.39:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#715c37 on black: 3.29:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #715c37 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #715c37.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White6.39:1AaAa
Slate 506.10:1AaAa
Slate 1005.83:1AaAa
Slate 2005.18:1AaAa
Slate 3004.30:1AaAa
Slate 4002.49:1AaAa
Slate 5001.34:1AaAa
Slate 6001.19:1AaAa
Slate 7001.62:1AaAa
Slate 8002.29:1AaAa
Slate 9002.80:1AaAa
Black3.29:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #655C34
deuteranopia · #6A6138
tritanopia · #795653

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #715c37 is pinned to step 800; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F9F8F5
#F4F1EC
#E8E1D4
#DACCB4
#C8B38E
#B69A68
#A58650
#897043
#715c37
#51432A
#322A1A
Base = 800Lightest = 50 · #F9F8F5Darkest = 950 · #322A1AText step on white = 700
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.015 80.8);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.024 80.8);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.036 80.8);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.047 80.8);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.055 80.8);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.060 80.8);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.060 80.8);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.056 80.8);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.050 80.8);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.042 80.8);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.033 80.8);
}

Colors that work with #715c37

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#ffffff
White wins here
Surface#FAF8F5
Tinted page background
Border#E4DAC8
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9A7E4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#345B74
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#56462A
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F7F3EE
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241E14
Dark-mode background
Hover#59482B
One step down in lightness
Pressed#413520
Two steps down
Disabled#A59373
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#886A34
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #715c37

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Black text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Any size
Safe as a fill behind white type
Yes
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

friendlyenergeticaffordablesocial

Orange is red with the aggression taken out — approachable, active, and strongly associated with buying and doing.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The low lightness adds weight and formality.

Worth knowing

Hard to make feel premium, and it collides with the "caution" band in status systems.

Reads as
  • FormalityHigh
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight67/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#374C71
Analogous left#713F37
Analogous right#697137
Split-complement 1#376971
Split-complement 2#3F3771
Triadic 1#37715C
Triadic 2#5C3771
Tetradic#37713F
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°38°

#715c37 sits at 38°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red44.3%
Green36.1%
Blue21.6%
R · 0–255
113
0x71
G · 0–255
92
0x5c
B · 0–255
55
0x37

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta18.6%
Yellow51.3%
Key (black)55.7%

Total ink coverage is 126%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#715c37 text on a black background

contrast 3.29:1

Card sample

#715c37 text on a white background

contrast 6.39:1

Card sample

#715c37 on grey

5.83:1

#715c37 on its own surface

6.02:1

#715c37 on its dark surface

2.59:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #715c37;
Background color
Panel with #715c37 background
background-color: #715c37;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #715c37;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(113, 92, 55, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(113, 92, 55, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #715c37;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #715c37, #5F7137);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #715c37, #517137);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #715c37;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #715c37;
caret-color: #715c37;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #715c37;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F7F3EE;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #715c37;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#715c37 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #715c37 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(113, 92, 55, 0.5)
rgb(113 92 55 / 50%)
#715c3780
hsl(38 35% 33% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #715c37 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#715c371a#F1EFEB
20%#715c3733#E3DED7
40%#715c3766#C6BEAF
60%#715c3799#AA9D87
80%#715c37cc#8D7D5F

Gradients from #715c37

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9A7D4B, #715c37 45%, #56462A);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #715c37, #4A5C2D);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #715c37, #374C71);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #AD8E57 0%, #715c37 45%, #56462A 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF8F5, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #934C48 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #768541 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #56462A 0%, transparent 65%), #715c37;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #715c37

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#715c37 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
E-commerceFood deliveryLogisticsCreator tools
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Too dim on dark surfaces at 3.29:1 — lift it to #8C7244 for body text, or reserve it for fills.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#715c37, answered

What color is #715c37?

#715c37 is a dark soft orange, closest to Saddle Brown (ΔE2000 14.9). It sits at 38° on the hue wheel with 35% saturation and 33% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #715c37?

rgb(113, 92, 55) — 113 red, 92 green and 55 blue out of 255, or 44.3% / 36.1% / 21.6% by channel.

What is #715c37 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(38, 35%, 33%) and hsv(38, 51%, 44%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #715c37 a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.1144 and perceived brightness is 37%, so white text on it reaches 6.39:1.

Should I use black or white text on #715c37?

White. It scores 6.39:1 against #715c37, versus 3.29:1 for black — AA at any size.

Is #715c37 accessible on a white background?

#715c37 on white scores 6.39:1, which clears AA at every size but not AAA.

What is the complementary color of #715c37?

#374C71 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #376971 and #3F3771, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #715c37?

For interface work: #FAF8F5 as the surface, #E4DAC8 for borders, #9A7E4B for secondary text, #345B74 as an accent and #56462A for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #713F37 and #697137 stays calm, while #374C71 is the loudest partner.

What is #715c37 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 19%, 51%, 56%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #715c37 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 8 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #715237; nudged cooler, #727335.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #715c37?

The stone family — its 500 step is #78716c, ΔE2000 14.7 away. That is a visible difference, so define #715c37 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #715c37 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#715c37] or text-[#715c37], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #715c37 with 50% opacity?

rgba(113, 92, 55, 0.5), or #715c3780 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #B8AE9B; over black, #392E1C.

Is #715c37 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #666633, ΔE2000 10 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #715c37 mean?

As a orange, it reads friendly, energetic, affordable. Orange is red with the aggression taken out — approachable, active, and strongly associated with buying and doing. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #715c37?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #9A7D4B, #715c37 45%, #56462A). For more colour, a short hue run to #4A5C2D keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #715c37 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #715c37 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.