#B17A23#B17A23

#B17A23 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.119 H 73.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17A23
RGB	rgb(177, 122, 35)
HSL	hsl(37, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(37, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 80.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.47, 13.98, 52.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.47, 54.56, 75.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.13% 0.0336 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(62.13% 0.119 73.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.3963, 23.3898, 4.7669)
Luminance	0.2339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17A23 #235AB1

analogous

#B13323 #B17A23 #A1B123

triadic

#B17A23 #23B17A #7A23B1

tetradic

#B17A23 #23B133 #235AB1 #B123A1

square

#B17A23 #23B133 #235AB1 #B123A1

split-complementary

#B17A23 #23A1B1 #3323B1

monochromatic

#4B340F #7E5719 #B17A23 #D89A39 #E2B46C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#B17A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#B17A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17A23

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17A23	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7D13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16C69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 122, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.119 73.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cea065',
    500: '#b17a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17a23;
$custom-light: #cea065;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.761,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62126,
    "c": 0.11913,
    "h": 73.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17A23

secondary

#688DC8

accent

#81EA3E

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#150E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17A23

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

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