#B17738#B17738

#B17738 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.107 H 65.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17738
RGB	rgb(177, 119, 56)
HSL	hsl(31, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(31, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.8%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.90, 16.66, 42.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.90, 45.98, 68.76°)
OKLab	oklab(61.73% 0.0443 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(61.73% 0.107 65.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.4439, 22.8285, 6.8069)
Luminance	0.2283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17738 #3872B1

analogous

#B13B38 #B17738 #AEB138

triadic

#B17738 #38B177 #7738B1

tetradic

#B17738 #38B13B #3872B1 #B138AE

square

#B17738 #38B13B #3872B1 #B138AE

split-complementary

#B17738 #38AEB1 #3B38B1

monochromatic

#54381B #835829 #B17738 #CB955B #DAB38A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#B17738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#B17738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17738

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17738	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7B31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16A69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 119, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.107 65.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9e71',
    500: '#b17738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17738;
$custom-light: #cd9e71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.24,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61731,
    "c": 0.10718,
    "h": 65.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17738

secondary

#81A1C4

accent

#91DB4C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#140E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17738

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

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