#B17138#B17138

#B17138 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.109 H 60.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17138
RGB	rgb(177, 113, 56)
HSL	hsl(28, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(28, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.2%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.43, 20.02, 41.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.43, 45.84, 64.11°)
OKLab	oklab(60.6% 0.0543 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(60.6% 0.109 60)
XYZ	xyz(24.7522, 21.4452, 6.5764)
Luminance	0.2144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17138 #3878B1

analogous

#B1383C #B17138 #B1AD38

triadic

#B17138 #38B171 #7138B1

tetradic

#B17138 #3CB138 #3878B1 #AD38B1

square

#B17138 #3CB138 #3878B1 #AD38B1

split-complementary

#B17138 #38B1AD #383CB1

monochromatic

#54361B #835329 #B17138 #CB905B #DAAF8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#B17138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#B17138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17138

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17138	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16364

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 113, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.109 60.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9a71',
    500: '#b17138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17138;
$custom-light: #cd9a71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.264,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60596,
    "c": 0.10868,
    "h": 60
  },
  "luminance": 0.21443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17138

secondary

#81A4C4

accent

#98DB4C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#140E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17138

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

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