#B17835#B17835

#B17835 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.109 H 67.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17835
RGB	rgb(177, 120, 53)
HSL	hsl(32, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(32, 70%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 70.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.11, 15.93, 44.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.11, 47.32, 70.33°)
OKLab	oklab(61.89% 0.0417 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(61.89% 0.109 67.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4923, 23.0393, 6.4719)
Luminance	0.2304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17835 #356EB1

analogous

#B13A35 #B17835 #ACB135

triadic

#B17835 #35B178 #7835B1

tetradic

#B17835 #35B13A #356EB1 #B135AC

square

#B17835 #35B13A #356EB1 #B135AC

split-complementary

#B17835 #35ACB1 #3A35B1

monochromatic

#533819 #825827 #B17835 #CD9657 #DBB486

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#B17835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#B17835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17835

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17835	1.00	3.75	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7C2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16B6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 120, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.109 67.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9f6f',
    500: '#b17835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17835;
$custom-light: #cd9f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.419,
    "s": 53.913,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61891,
    "c": 0.109,
    "h": 67.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17835

secondary

#7D9EC4

accent

#8EDD4B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#140E07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17835

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

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