#B17440#B17440

#B17440 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.103 H 59.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17440
RGB	rgb(177, 116, 64)
HSL	hsl(28, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(28, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.5%, 63.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.25, 18.85, 38.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.25, 42.46, 63.64°)
OKLab	oklab(61.26% 0.0521 0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(61.26% 0.103 59.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.3040, 22.2103, 7.8038)
Luminance	0.2221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17440 #407DB1

analogous

#B14044 #B17440 #B1AD40

triadic

#B17440 #40B174 #7440B1

tetradic

#B17440 #44B140 #407DB1 #AD40B1

square

#B17440 #44B140 #407DB1 #AD40B1

split-complementary

#B17440 #40B1AD #4044B1

monochromatic

#57391F #845730 #B17440 #C89366 #D8B393

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#B17440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#B17440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17440

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17440	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86793B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C06768

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 116, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.103 59.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9c76',
    500: '#b17440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17440;
$custom-light: #cc9c76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.611,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61258,
    "c": 0.10263,
    "h": 59.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17440

secondary

#89A9C3

accent

#99D751

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#140E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17440

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

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