#B17523#B17523

#B17523 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.119 H 69.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17523
RGB	rgb(177, 117, 35)
HSL	hsl(35, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(35, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.9%, 80.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.23, 16.77, 51.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.23, 54.25, 71.99°)
OKLab	oklab(61.16% 0.0417 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(61.16% 0.119 69.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.7981, 22.1934, 4.5675)
Luminance	0.2219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17523 #235FB1

analogous

#B12E23 #B17523 #A6B123

triadic

#B17523 #23B175 #7523B1

tetradic

#B17523 #23B12E #235FB1 #B123A6

square

#B17523 #23B12E #235FB1 #B123A6

split-complementary

#B17523 #23A6B1 #2E23B1

monochromatic

#4B310F #7E5319 #B17523 #D89539 #E2B06C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#B17523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#B17523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17523

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17523	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)

#897915

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978725

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16665

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 117, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.119 69.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9c65',
    500: '#b17523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17523;
$custom-light: #ce9c65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.648,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6116,
    "c": 0.11936,
    "h": 69.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17523

secondary

#6890C8

accent

#87EA3E

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#150E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17523

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

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