#B17538#B17538

#B17538 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.108 H 63.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17538
RGB	rgb(177, 117, 56)
HSL	hsl(30, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(30, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.9%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.40, 17.78, 42.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.40, 45.90, 67.21°)
OKLab	oklab(61.35% 0.0476 0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(61.35% 0.108 63.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.2084, 22.3575, 6.7284)
Luminance	0.2235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17538 #3874B1

analogous

#B13938 #B17538 #B0B138

triadic

#B17538 #38B175 #7538B1

tetradic

#B17538 #38B139 #3874B1 #B138B0

square

#B17538 #38B139 #3874B1 #B138B0

split-complementary

#B17538 #38B0B1 #3938B1

monochromatic

#54381B #835629 #B17538 #CB945B #DAB28A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#B17538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#B17538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17538

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17538	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887A32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968839

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16768

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 117, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.108 63.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9d71',
    500: '#b17538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17538;
$custom-light: #cd9d71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.248,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61349,
    "c": 0.10757,
    "h": 63.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17538

secondary

#81A2C4

accent

#93DB4C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#140E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17538

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

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