#B17842#B17842

#B17842 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.100 H 62.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17842
RGB	rgb(177, 120, 66)
HSL	hsl(29, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(29, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 62.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.25, 16.75, 38.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.25, 41.68, 66.30°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% 0.0461 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.1 62.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.8330, 23.1756, 8.2660)
Luminance	0.2317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17842 #427BB1

analogous

#B14244 #B17842 #B1AF42

triadic

#B17842 #42B178 #7842B1

tetradic

#B17842 #44B142 #427BB1 #AF42B1

square

#B17842 #44B142 #427BB1 #AF42B1

split-complementary

#B17842 #42B1AF #4244B1

monochromatic

#583C21 #845A31 #B17842 #C79769 #D8B696

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#B17842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#B17842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17842

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17842	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)

#8A7D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C06B6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 120, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.100 62.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9f78',
    500: '#b17842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17842;
$custom-light: #cc9f78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.189,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62044,
    "c": 0.10021,
    "h": 62.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17842

secondary

#8BA8C3

accent

#96D552

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#140E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17842

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

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