#B17524#B17524

#B17524 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.119 H 69.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17524
RGB	rgb(177, 117, 36)
HSL	hsl(34, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(34, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.9%, 79.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.24, 16.81, 51.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.24, 53.90, 71.83°)
OKLab	oklab(61.17% 0.0419 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(61.17% 0.119 69.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.8131, 22.1994, 4.6468)
Luminance	0.2220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17524 #2460B1

analogous

#B12F24 #B17524 #A7B124

triadic

#B17524 #24B175 #7524B1

tetradic

#B17524 #24B12F #2460B1 #B124A7

square

#B17524 #24B12F #2460B1 #B124A7

split-complementary

#B17524 #24A7B1 #2F24B1

monochromatic

#4B320F #7E531A #B17524 #D7953B #E1B06E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#B17524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#B17524 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17524

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17524	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)

#897917

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978726

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16665

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 117, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.119 69.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9c65',
    500: '#b17524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17524;
$custom-light: #ce9c65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.468,
    "s": 66.197,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61167,
    "c": 0.11889,
    "h": 69.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17524

secondary

#6991C8

accent

#87E93F

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#150E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17524

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

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