#B17927#B17927

#B17927 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.117 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17927
RGB	rgb(177, 121, 39)
HSL	hsl(36, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(36, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 78%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.25, 14.69, 50.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.25, 53.03, 73.92°)
OKLab	oklab(61.96% 0.0361 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(61.96% 0.117 72)
XYZ	xyz(25.3369, 23.1706, 5.0570)
Luminance	0.2317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17927 #275FB1

analogous

#B13427 #B17927 #A4B127

triadic

#B17927 #27B179 #7927B1

tetradic

#B17927 #27B134 #275FB1 #B127A4

square

#B17927 #27B134 #275FB1 #B127A4

split-complementary

#B17927 #27A4B1 #3427B1

monochromatic

#4D3411 #7F571C #B17927 #D59940 #E0B472

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#B17927 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#B17927 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17927

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17927	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17927	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7C1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16B69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 121, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.117 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9f67',
    500: '#b17927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17927;
$custom-light: #cd9f67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.652,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61959,
    "c": 0.11712,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.23168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17927

secondary

#6D91C7

accent

#84E741

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#150E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17927

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

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