#B17A27#B17A27

#B17A27 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.117 H 72.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17A27
RGB	rgb(177, 122, 39)
HSL	hsl(36, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(36, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 78%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.50, 14.13, 51.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.50, 53.10, 74.57°)
OKLab	oklab(62.15% 0.0345 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(62.15% 0.117 72.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.4591, 23.4149, 5.0977)
Luminance	0.2341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17A27 #275EB1

analogous

#B13527 #B17A27 #A3B127

triadic

#B17A27 #27B17A #7A27B1

tetradic

#B17A27 #27B135 #275EB1 #B127A3

square

#B17A27 #27B135 #275EB1 #B127A3

split-complementary

#B17A27 #27A3B1 #3527B1

monochromatic

#4D3511 #7F571C #B17A27 #D59A40 #E0B472

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#B17A27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#B17A27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17A27

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17A27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17A27	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)

#8D7D1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16C6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17a27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 122, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.117 72.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda067',
    500: '#b17a27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17a27;
$custom-light: #cda067;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17a27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.087,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62154,
    "c": 0.11711,
    "h": 72.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17A27

secondary

#6D91C7

accent

#83E741

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17A27

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

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