#B17442#B17442

#B17442 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.101 H 58.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17442
RGB	rgb(177, 116, 66)
HSL	hsl(27, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(27, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.5%, 62.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.27, 18.99, 37.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.27, 41.60, 62.84°)
OKLab	oklab(61.29% 0.0528 0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(61.29% 0.101 58.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.3619, 22.2335, 8.1090)
Luminance	0.2223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17442 #427FB1

analogous

#B14247 #B17442 #B1AB42

triadic

#B17442 #42B174 #7442B1

tetradic

#B17442 #47B142 #427FB1 #AB42B1

square

#B17442 #47B142 #427FB1 #AB42B1

split-complementary

#B17442 #42B1AB #4247B1

monochromatic

#583A21 #845731 #B17442 #C79369 #D8B396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#B17442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#B17442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17442

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17442	1.00	3.86	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867A3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C06768

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 116, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.101 58.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9c78',
    500: '#b17442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17442;
$custom-light: #cc9c78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.027,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61285,
    "c": 0.10131,
    "h": 58.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17442

secondary

#8BAAC3

accent

#9AD552

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#140E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17442

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

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