#B17855#B17855

#B17855 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.087 H 52.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17855
RGB	rgb(177, 120, 85)
HSL	hsl(23, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(23, 52%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 52%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.52, 18.32, 28.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.52, 33.60, 56.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.34% 0.0534 0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(62.34% 0.087 52.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4891, 23.4380, 11.7214)
Luminance	0.2344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17855 #558EB1

analogous

#B15560 #B17855 #B1A655

triadic

#B17855 #55B178 #7855B1

tetradic

#B17855 #60B155 #558EB1 #A655B1

square

#B17855 #60B155 #558EB1 #A655B1

split-complementary

#B17855 #55B1A6 #5560B1

monochromatic

#60402C #8A5B3F #B17855 #C4997F #D7BBA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#B17855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#B17855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17855

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17855	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887E52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958A55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF6D6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 120, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.087 52.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9f85',
    500: '#b17855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17855;
$custom-light: #cb9f85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.826,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62339,
    "c": 0.08688,
    "h": 52.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17855

secondary

#9DB6C5

accent

#A2CD5B

background

#FCF9F8

surface

#F9F2EF

border

#D2CCCA

text

#140E0B

muted

#827E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17855

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

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