#B17740#B17740

#B17740 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.102 H 62.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17740
RGB	rgb(177, 119, 64)
HSL	hsl(29, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(29, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.8%, 63.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.98, 17.17, 38.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.98, 42.52, 66.17°)
OKLab	oklab(61.83% 0.047 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(61.83% 0.102 62.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.6554, 22.9131, 7.9210)
Luminance	0.2291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17740 #407AB1

analogous

#B14041 #B17740 #B1B040

triadic

#B17740 #40B177 #7740B1

tetradic

#B17740 #41B140 #407AB1 #B040B1

square

#B17740 #41B140 #407AB1 #B040B1

split-complementary

#B17740 #40B1B0 #4041B1

monochromatic

#573B1F #845930 #B17740 #C89666 #D8B593

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#B17740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#B17740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17740

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17740	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897C3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C06A6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 119, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.102 62.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9e76',
    500: '#b17740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17740;
$custom-light: #cc9e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.204,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61827,
    "c": 0.10182,
    "h": 62.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17740

secondary

#89A7C3

accent

#96D751

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#140E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17740

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

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