#B17756#B17756

#B17756 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.087 H 50.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17756
RGB	rgb(177, 119, 86)
HSL	hsl(22, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(22, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.8%, 51.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.29, 18.97, 27.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.29, 33.26, 55.22°)
OKLab	oklab(62.17% 0.0555 0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(62.17% 0.087 50.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.4095, 23.2147, 11.8923)
Luminance	0.2321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17756 #5690B1

analogous

#B15663 #B17756 #B1A556

triadic

#B17756 #56B177 #7756B1

tetradic

#B17756 #63B156 #5690B1 #A556B1

square

#B17756 #63B156 #5690B1 #A556B1

split-complementary

#B17756 #56B1A5 #5663B1

monochromatic

#603F2C #8A5B40 #B17756 #C49980 #D8BAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#B17756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#B17756 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17756

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17756	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877D53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF6C6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 119, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.087 50.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9e86',
    500: '#b17756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17756;
$custom-light: #cb9e86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.758,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62168,
    "c": 0.08672,
    "h": 50.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17756

secondary

#9DB7C5

accent

#A4CD5B

background

#FCF9F8

surface

#F9F2EF

border

#D2CCCA

text

#140E0B

muted

#827E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17756

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

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