#B17839#B17839

#B17839 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.106 H 66.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17839
RGB	rgb(177, 120, 57)
HSL	hsl(32, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(32, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 67.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.15, 16.16, 42.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.15, 45.60, 69.24°)
OKLab	oklab(61.93% 0.043 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(61.93% 0.106 66.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.5882, 23.0777, 6.9769)
Luminance	0.2308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17839 #3972B1

analogous

#B13C39 #B17839 #AEB139

triadic

#B17839 #39B178 #7839B1

tetradic

#B17839 #39B13C #3972B1 #B139AE

square

#B17839 #39B13C #3972B1 #B139AE

split-complementary

#B17839 #39AEB1 #3C39B1

monochromatic

#54391B #83592A #B17839 #CB965D #DAB48B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#B17839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#B17839 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17839

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17839	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)

#8B7C32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98893A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16B6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 120, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.106 66.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9f72',
    500: '#b17839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17839;
$custom-light: #cd9f72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.5,
    "s": 51.282,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61934,
    "c": 0.10638,
    "h": 66.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17839

secondary

#82A1C4

accent

#90DB4D

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#140E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17839

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

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