#B17853#B17853

#B17853 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.088 H 53.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17853
RGB	rgb(177, 120, 83)
HSL	hsl(24, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(24, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 53.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.49, 18.13, 29.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.49, 34.41, 58.20°)
OKLab	oklab(62.3% 0.0526 0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(62.3% 0.088 53.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.4108, 23.4067, 11.3089)
Luminance	0.2341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17853 #538CB1

analogous

#B1535D #B17853 #B1A753

triadic

#B17853 #53B178 #7853B1

tetradic

#B17853 #5DB153 #538CB1 #A753B1

square

#B17853 #5DB153 #538CB1 #A753B1

split-complementary

#B17853 #53B1A7 #535DB1

monochromatic

#5F3F2B #895B3E #B17853 #C4997D #D7BAA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#B17853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#B17853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17853

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17853	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887D50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968A53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF6D6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 120, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.088 53.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9f84',
    500: '#b17853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17853;
$custom-light: #cb9f84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.617,
    "s": 37.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62304,
    "c": 0.08823,
    "h": 53.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17853

secondary

#9BB4C5

accent

#A0CE5A

background

#FCF9F8

surface

#F9F2EF

border

#D2CCCA

text

#140E0B

muted

#827E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17853

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

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