#B17840#B17840

#B17840 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.102 H 63.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17840
RGB	rgb(177, 120, 64)
HSL	hsl(30, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(30, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 63.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.23, 16.61, 39.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.23, 42.56, 67.02°)
OKLab	oklab(62.02% 0.0454 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(62.02% 0.102 63.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.7751, 23.1524, 7.9609)
Luminance	0.2315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17840 #4079B1

analogous

#B14040 #B17840 #B1B140

triadic

#B17840 #40B178 #7840B1

tetradic

#B17840 #40B140 #4079B1 #B140B1

square

#B17840 #40B140 #4079B1 #B140B1

split-complementary

#B17840 #40B1B1 #4040B1

monochromatic

#573B1F #845A30 #B17840 #C89766 #D8B593

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#B17840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#B17840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17840

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17840	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7C3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C06B6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 120, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.102 63.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9f77',
    500: '#b17840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17840;
$custom-light: #cc9f77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.735,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62018,
    "c": 0.1016,
    "h": 63.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17840

secondary

#89A7C3

accent

#94D751

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#140E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17840

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

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