#B17951#B17951

#B17951 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.089 H 55.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17951
RGB	rgb(177, 121, 81)
HSL	hsl(25, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(25, 54%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 54.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.70, 17.39, 30.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.70, 35.22, 60.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% 0.0501 0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.089 55.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.4555, 23.6180, 10.9484)
Luminance	0.2362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17951 #5189B1

analogous

#B15159 #B17951 #B1A951

triadic

#B17951 #51B179 #7951B1

tetradic

#B17951 #59B151 #5189B1 #A951B1

square

#B17951 #59B151 #5189B1 #A951B1

split-complementary

#B17951 #51B1A9 #5159B1

monochromatic

#5E3F2A #885C3D #B17951 #C49A7B #D7BAA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#B17951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#B17951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17951

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17951	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897E4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978A51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF6E6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 121, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.089 55.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba082',
    500: '#b17951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17951;
$custom-light: #cba082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6246,
    "c": 0.08923,
    "h": 55.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17951

secondary

#9AB2C4

accent

#9ECE5A

background

#FCF9F8

surface

#F9F2EF

border

#D2CCCA

text

#140E0A

muted

#827E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17951

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

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