#B17540#B17540

#B17540 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.102 H 60.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17540
RGB	rgb(177, 117, 64)
HSL	hsl(28, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(28, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.9%, 63.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.49, 18.29, 38.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.49, 42.47, 64.48°)
OKLab	oklab(61.45% 0.0504 0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(61.45% 0.102 60.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4199, 22.4421, 7.8425)
Luminance	0.2244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17540 #407CB1

analogous

#B14043 #B17540 #B1AE40

triadic

#B17540 #40B175 #7540B1

tetradic

#B17540 #43B140 #407CB1 #AE40B1

square

#B17540 #43B140 #407CB1 #AE40B1

split-complementary

#B17540 #40B1AE #4043B1

monochromatic

#573A1F #845730 #B17540 #C89466 #D8B493

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#B17540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#B17540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17540

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17540	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877A3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C06869

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 117, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.102 60.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9d76',
    500: '#b17540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17540;
$custom-light: #cc9d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.142,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61447,
    "c": 0.10233,
    "h": 60.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17540

secondary

#89A8C3

accent

#98D751

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#140E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17540

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

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