#B17822#B17822

#B17822 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.120 H 72.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17822
RGB	rgb(177, 120, 34)
HSL	hsl(36, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(36, 81%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 80.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.97, 15.06, 52.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.97, 54.77, 74.04°)
OKLab	oklab(61.73% 0.0366 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(61.73% 0.12 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.1386, 22.8978, 4.6088)
Luminance	0.2290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17822 #225BB1

analogous

#B13122 #B17822 #A3B122

triadic

#B17822 #22B178 #7822B1

tetradic

#B17822 #22B131 #225BB1 #B122A3

square

#B17822 #22B131 #225BB1 #B122A3

split-complementary

#B17822 #22A3B1 #3122B1

monochromatic

#4A320E #7E5518 #B17822 #D99838 #E3B36B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#B17822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#B17822 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17822

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17822	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)

#8C7B12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998925

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16A67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 120, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.120 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce9e64',
    500: '#b17822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17822;
$custom-light: #ce9e64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.084,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6173,
    "c": 0.11962,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17822

secondary

#668DC9

accent

#82EB3D

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#150E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17822

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

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