#B17240#B17240

#B17240 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.103 H 57.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17240
RGB	rgb(177, 114, 64)
HSL	hsl(27, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(27, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 63.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.77, 19.97, 37.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.77, 42.47, 61.95°)
OKLab	oklab(60.88% 0.0554 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(60.88% 0.103 57.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.0759, 21.7542, 7.7278)
Luminance	0.2175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17240 #407FB1

analogous

#B14046 #B17240 #B1AB40

triadic

#B17240 #40B172 #7240B1

tetradic

#B17240 #46B140 #407FB1 #AB40B1

square

#B17240 #46B140 #407FB1 #AB40B1

split-complementary

#B17240 #40B1AB #4046B1

monochromatic

#57381F #845530 #B17240 #C89166 #D8B293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#B17240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#B17240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17240

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17240	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85783B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C06566

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 114, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.103 57.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9a76',
    500: '#b17240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17240;
$custom-light: #cc9a76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.549,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60882,
    "c": 0.10333,
    "h": 57.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17240

secondary

#89AAC3

accent

#9CD751

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#140E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17240

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

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