#B17727#B17727

#B17727 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.117 H 70.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17727
RGB	rgb(177, 119, 39)
HSL	hsl(35, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(35, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.8%, 78%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.75, 15.81, 50.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.75, 52.89, 72.61°)
OKLab	oklab(61.57% 0.0394 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(61.57% 0.117 70.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.0964, 22.6895, 4.9769)
Luminance	0.2269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17727 #2761B1

analogous

#B13227 #B17727 #A6B127

triadic

#B17727 #27B177 #7727B1

tetradic

#B17727 #27B132 #2761B1 #B127A6

square

#B17727 #27B132 #2761B1 #B127A6

split-complementary

#B17727 #27A6B1 #3227B1

monochromatic

#4D3411 #7F551C #B17727 #D59640 #E0B272

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#B17727 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#B17727 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17727

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17727	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17727	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7B1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988829

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16967

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17727;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 119, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.117 70.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9e67',
    500: '#b17727',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17727;
$custom-light: #cd9e67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17727",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.783,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61573,
    "c": 0.11722,
    "h": 70.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17727

secondary

#6D93C7

accent

#87E741

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#150E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17727

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

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