#B17856#B17856

#B17856 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.086 H 51.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17856
RGB	rgb(177, 120, 86)
HSL	hsl(22, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(22, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 51.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.54, 18.41, 27.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.54, 33.20, 56.32°)
OKLab	oklab(62.36% 0.0538 0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(62.36% 0.086 51.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.5291, 23.4540, 11.9321)
Luminance	0.2345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17856 #568FB1

analogous

#B15662 #B17856 #B1A656

triadic

#B17856 #56B178 #7856B1

tetradic

#B17856 #62B156 #568FB1 #A656B1

square

#B17856 #62B156 #568FB1 #A656B1

split-complementary

#B17856 #56B1A6 #5662B1

monochromatic

#60402C #8A5C40 #B17856 #C49980 #D8BBAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#B17856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#B17856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17856

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17856	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)

#887E53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958A56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF6D6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 120, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.086 51.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9f86',
    500: '#b17856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17856;
$custom-light: #cb9f86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.418,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62357,
    "c": 0.08621,
    "h": 51.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17856

secondary

#9DB6C5

accent

#A2CD5B

background

#FCF9F8

surface

#F9F2EF

border

#D2CCCA

text

#140E0B

muted

#827E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17856

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

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