#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
RGBrgb(177, 119, 56)
HSLhsl(31, 52%, 46%)
HSVhsv(31, 68%, 69%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 32.8%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LABlab(54.90, 16.66, 42.86)
CIE-LCHlch(54.90, 45.98, 68.76°)
OKLaboklab(61.73% 0.0443 0.0976)
OKLCHoklch(61.73% 0.107 65.6)
XYZxyz(25.4439, 22.8285, 6.8069)
Luminance0.2283 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##B177381.003.775.575.57
#FFFFFF3.771.0021.0021.00
#0000005.5721.001.001.00
##0000005.5721.001.001.00

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

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#B17738 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva