#B17850#B17850

#B17850 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.090 H 55.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17850
RGB	rgb(177, 120, 80)
HSL	hsl(25, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(25, 55%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 54.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.44, 17.87, 30.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.44, 35.65, 59.92°)
OKLab	oklab(62.25% 0.0514 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(62.25% 0.09 55.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.2974, 23.3613, 10.7120)
Luminance	0.2336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17850 #5089B1

analogous

#B15058 #B17850 #B1A850

triadic

#B17850 #50B178 #7850B1

tetradic

#B17850 #58B150 #5089B1 #A850B1

square

#B17850 #58B150 #5089B1 #A850B1

split-complementary

#B17850 #50B1A8 #5058B1

monochromatic

#5D3F29 #875B3C #B17850 #C4997A #D7B9A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#B17850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#B17850 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17850

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17850	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897D4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968A50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF6D6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 120, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.090 55.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9f82',
    500: '#b17850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17850;
$custom-light: #cb9f82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.742,
    "s": 38.34,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62253,
    "c": 0.09031,
    "h": 55.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17850

secondary

#99B2C4

accent

#9ECE5A

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F9F2EE

border

#D2CCC9

text

#140E0A

muted

#827E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17850

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

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