#B17525#B17525

#B17525 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.118 H 69.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17525
RGB	rgb(177, 117, 37)
HSL	hsl(34, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(34, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.9%, 79.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.24, 16.85, 50.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.24, 53.53, 71.66°)
OKLab	oklab(61.17% 0.0422 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(61.17% 0.118 69.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.8286, 22.2056, 4.7284)
Luminance	0.2220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17525 #2561B1

analogous

#B12F25 #B17525 #A7B125

triadic

#B17525 #25B175 #7525B1

tetradic

#B17525 #25B12F #2561B1 #B125A7

square

#B17525 #25B12F #2561B1 #B125A7

split-complementary

#B17525 #25A7B1 #2F25B1

monochromatic

#4C3210 #7E541A #B17525 #D6953D #E1B06F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#B17525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#B17525 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17525

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17525	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)

#897918

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978727

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16665

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 117, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.118 69.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9c66',
    500: '#b17525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17525;
$custom-light: #ce9c66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 65.421,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61174,
    "c": 0.11841,
    "h": 69.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17525

secondary

#6A92C8

accent

#88E83F

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#150E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17525

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

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