#B17828#B17828

#B17828 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.117 H 71.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17828
RGB	rgb(177, 120, 40)
HSL	hsl(35, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(35, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 77.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.01, 15.29, 50.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.01, 52.58, 73.09°)
OKLab	oklab(61.77% 0.038 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(61.77% 0.117 71)
XYZ	xyz(25.2328, 22.9355, 5.1052)
Luminance	0.2293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17828 #2861B1

analogous

#B13328 #B17828 #A6B128

triadic

#B17828 #28B178 #7828B1

tetradic

#B17828 #28B133 #2861B1 #B128A6

square

#B17828 #28B133 #2861B1 #B128A6

split-complementary

#B17828 #28A6B1 #3328B1

monochromatic

#4D3411 #7F561D #B17828 #D49742 #E0B374

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#B17828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#B17828 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17828

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17828	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7C1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99892A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16A68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 120, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.117 71.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9f68',
    500: '#b17828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17828;
$custom-light: #cd9f68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.036,
    "s": 63.134,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61773,
    "c": 0.11663,
    "h": 71
  },
  "luminance": 0.22933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17828

secondary

#6E93C7

accent

#86E642

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17828

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

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