#B17656#B17656

#B17656 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.087 H 49.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17656
RGB	rgb(177, 118, 86)
HSL	hsl(21, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(21, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 51.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.05, 19.53, 27.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.05, 33.33, 54.12°)
OKLab	oklab(61.98% 0.0572 0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(61.98% 0.087 49.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.2911, 22.9780, 11.8528)
Luminance	0.2298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17656 #5691B1

analogous

#B15664 #B17656 #B1A456

triadic

#B17656 #56B176 #7656B1

tetradic

#B17656 #64B156 #5691B1 #A456B1

square

#B17656 #64B156 #5691B1 #A456B1

split-complementary

#B17656 #56B1A4 #5664B1

monochromatic

#603F2C #8A5A40 #B17656 #C49880 #D8BAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#B17656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#B17656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17656

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17656	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867C53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF6B6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 118, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.087 49.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9d86',
    500: '#b17656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17656;
$custom-light: #cb9d86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 118,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.099,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61979,
    "c": 0.08728,
    "h": 49.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17656

secondary

#9DB7C5

accent

#A5CD5B

background

#FCF9F8

surface

#F9F2EF

border

#D2CCCA

text

#140E0B

muted

#827E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17656

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

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