#B17438#B17438

#B17438 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.108 H 62.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17438
RGB	rgb(177, 116, 56)
HSL	hsl(30, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(30, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.5%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.16, 18.34, 42.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.16, 45.87, 66.43°)
OKLab	oklab(61.16% 0.0493 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(61.16% 0.108 62.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0925, 22.1257, 6.6898)
Luminance	0.2212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17438 #3875B1

analogous

#B13839 #B17438 #B1B038

triadic

#B17438 #38B174 #7438B1

tetradic

#B17438 #39B138 #3875B1 #B038B1

square

#B17438 #39B138 #3875B1 #B038B1

split-complementary

#B17438 #38B1B0 #3839B1

monochromatic

#54371B #835629 #B17438 #CB935B #DAB18A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#B17438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#B17438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17438

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17438	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16667

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 116, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.108 62.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9c71',
    500: '#b17438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17438;
$custom-light: #cd9c71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.752,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6116,
    "c": 0.1078,
    "h": 62.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17438

secondary

#81A3C4

accent

#94DB4C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#140E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17438

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

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