#B17A1D#B17A1D

#B17A1D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.122 H 74.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17A1D
RGB	rgb(177, 122, 29)
HSL	hsl(38, 72%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(38, 84%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 83.6%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.44, 13.77, 54.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.44, 56.57, 75.91°)
OKLab	oklab(62.09% 0.0323 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(62.09% 0.122 74.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.3147, 23.3571, 4.3373)
Luminance	0.2336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17A1D #1D54B1

analogous

#B1301D #B17A1D #9EB11D

triadic

#B17A1D #1DB17A #7A1DB1

tetradic

#B17A1D #1DB130 #1D54B1 #B11D9E

square

#B17A1D #1DB130 #1D54B1 #B11D9E

split-complementary

#B17A1D #1D9EB1 #301DB1

monochromatic

#48320C #7C5614 #B17A1D #DD9C2E #E5B563

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#B17A1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#B17A1D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17A1D

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17A1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17A1D	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7D06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8A21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16C69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17a1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 122, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.122 74.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea062',
    500: '#b17a1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17a1d;
$custom-light: #cea062;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17a1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.703,
    "s": 71.845,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62089,
    "c": 0.12182,
    "h": 74.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17A1D

secondary

#6087CA

accent

#7DEF39

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#150E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17A1D

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

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