#B17838#B17838

#B17838 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.107 H 66.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17838
RGB	rgb(177, 120, 56)
HSL	hsl(32, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(32, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.14, 16.10, 43.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.14, 46.03, 69.53°)
OKLab	oklab(61.92% 0.0427 0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(61.92% 0.107 66.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.5635, 23.0678, 6.8468)
Luminance	0.2307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17838 #3871B1

analogous

#B13C38 #B17838 #ADB138

triadic

#B17838 #38B178 #7838B1

tetradic

#B17838 #38B13C #3871B1 #B138AD

square

#B17838 #38B13C #3871B1 #B138AD

split-complementary

#B17838 #38ADB1 #3C38B1

monochromatic

#54391B #835829 #B17838 #CB965B #DAB48A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#B17838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#B17838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17838

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17838	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)

#8B7C31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16B6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 120, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.107 66.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9f71',
    500: '#b17838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17838;
$custom-light: #cd9f71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.736,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61923,
    "c": 0.10704,
    "h": 66.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17838

secondary

#81A0C4

accent

#90DB4C

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#140E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17838

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

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