#B17837#B17837

#B17837 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.108 H 66.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17837
RGB	rgb(177, 120, 55)
HSL	hsl(32, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(32, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 68.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.13, 16.04, 43.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.13, 46.46, 69.80°)
OKLab	oklab(61.91% 0.0423 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(61.91% 0.108 66.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.5393, 23.0581, 6.7193)
Luminance	0.2306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17837 #3770B1

analogous

#B13B37 #B17837 #ADB137

triadic

#B17837 #37B178 #7837B1

tetradic

#B17837 #37B13B #3770B1 #B137AD

square

#B17837 #37B13B #3770B1 #B137AD

split-complementary

#B17837 #37ADB1 #3B37B1

monochromatic

#54391A #825828 #B17837 #CC965A #DAB488

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#B17837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#B17837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17837

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17837	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	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)

#8B7C30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16B6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 120, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.108 66.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9f71',
    500: '#b17837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17837;
$custom-light: #cd9f71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.967,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61912,
    "c": 0.1077,
    "h": 66.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17837

secondary

#80A0C4

accent

#8FDC4C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#140E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17837

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

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