#B17938#B17938

#B17938 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.107 H 67.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17938
RGB	rgb(177, 121, 56)
HSL	hsl(32, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(32, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.39, 15.54, 43.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.39, 46.10, 70.30°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% 0.041 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.107 67.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.6844, 23.3096, 6.8871)
Luminance	0.2331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17938 #3870B1

analogous

#B13C38 #B17938 #ACB138

triadic

#B17938 #38B179 #7938B1

tetradic

#B17938 #38B13C #3870B1 #B138AC

square

#B17938 #38B13C #3870B1 #B138AC

split-complementary

#B17938 #38ACB1 #3C38B1

monochromatic

#54391B #835929 #B17938 #CB975B #DAB58A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#B17938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#B17938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17938

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17938	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7D31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16C6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 121, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.107 67.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd9f71',
    500: '#b17938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17938;
$custom-light: #cd9f71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.231,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62115,
    "c": 0.10693,
    "h": 67.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17938

secondary

#81A0C4

accent

#8FDB4C

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#140E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17938

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

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