#B17A25#B17A25

#B17A25 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.118 H 73.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17A25
RGB	rgb(177, 122, 37)
HSL	hsl(36, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(36, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 79.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.48, 14.05, 51.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.48, 53.84, 74.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.14% 0.034 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(62.14% 0.118 73.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.4268, 23.4020, 4.9278)
Luminance	0.2340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17A25 #255CB1

analogous

#B13425 #B17A25 #A2B125

triadic

#B17A25 #25B17A #7A25B1

tetradic

#B17A25 #25B134 #255CB1 #B125A2

square

#B17A25 #25B134 #255CB1 #B125A2

split-complementary

#B17A25 #25A2B1 #3425B1

monochromatic

#4C3410 #7E571A #B17A25 #D69A3D #E1B46F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#B17A25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#B17A25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17A25

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17A25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17A25	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)

#8D7D17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16C69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17a25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 122, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.118 73.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda066',
    500: '#b17a25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17a25;
$custom-light: #cda066;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17a25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.429,
    "s": 65.421,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62139,
    "c": 0.11814,
    "h": 73.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17A25

secondary

#6A8FC8

accent

#82E83F

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#150E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17A25

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

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