#B17843#B17843

#B17843 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.100 H 62.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17843
RGB	rgb(177, 120, 67)
HSL	hsl(29, 45%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(29, 62%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 62.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.26, 16.83, 37.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.26, 41.24, 65.92°)
OKLab	oklab(62.06% 0.0465 0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(62.06% 0.1 62.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.8627, 23.1875, 8.4226)
Luminance	0.2319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17843 #437CB1

analogous

#B14345 #B17843 #B1AF43

triadic

#B17843 #43B178 #7843B1

tetradic

#B17843 #45B143 #437CB1 #AF43B1

square

#B17843 #45B143 #437CB1 #AF43B1

split-complementary

#B17843 #43B1AF #4345B1

monochromatic

#583C21 #855A32 #B17843 #C7976A #D8B697

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#B17843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#B17843 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17843

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17843	1.00	3.73	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7D3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C06C6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 120, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.100 62.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9f79',
    500: '#b17843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17843;
$custom-light: #cc9f79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.909,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62058,
    "c": 0.0995,
    "h": 62.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17843

secondary

#8CA9C3

accent

#96D553

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#140E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17843

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

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