#B17A2A#B17A2A

#B17A2A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.116 H 72.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17A2A
RGB	rgb(177, 122, 42)
HSL	hsl(36, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(36, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 76.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.52, 14.26, 49.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.52, 51.96, 74.07°)
OKLab	oklab(62.18% 0.0352 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(62.18% 0.116 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.5108, 23.4356, 5.3700)
Luminance	0.2343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17A2A #2A61B1

analogous

#B1372A #B17A2A #A4B12A

triadic

#B17A2A #2AB17A #7A2AB1

tetradic

#B17A2A #2AB137 #2A61B1 #B12AA4

square

#B17A2A #2AB137 #2A61B1 #B12AA4

split-complementary

#B17A2A #2AA4B1 #372AB1

monochromatic

#4E3613 #80581E #B17A2A #D39945 #DFB477

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#B17A2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#B17A2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17A2A

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17A2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17A2A	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7D1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16C6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17a2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 122, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.116 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda069',
    500: '#b17a2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17a2a;
$custom-light: #cda069;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17a2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.556,
    "s": 61.644,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62177,
    "c": 0.1155,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17A2A

secondary

#7093C6

accent

#85E543

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17A2A

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

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