#B17A2B#B17A2B

#B17A2B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.115 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17A2B
RGB	rgb(177, 122, 43)
HSL	hsl(35, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(35, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 75.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.53, 14.30, 49.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.53, 51.57, 73.90°)
OKLab	oklab(62.19% 0.0355 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(62.19% 0.115 72)
XYZ	xyz(25.5289, 23.4428, 5.4654)
Luminance	0.2344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17A2B #2B62B1

analogous

#B1372B #B17A2B #A5B12B

triadic

#B17A2B #2BB17A #7A2BB1

tetradic

#B17A2B #2BB137 #2B62B1 #B12BA5

square

#B17A2B #2BB137 #2B62B1 #B12BA5

split-complementary

#B17A2B #2BA5B1 #372BB1

monochromatic

#4F3613 #80581F #B17A2B #D29947 #DEB478

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#B17A2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#B17A2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17A2B

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17A2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17A2B	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)

#8D7D20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16C6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17a2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 122, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.115 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda06a',
    500: '#b17a2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17a2b;
$custom-light: #cda06a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17a2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.373,
    "s": 60.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62185,
    "c": 0.11493,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.23441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17A2B

secondary

#7294C6

accent

#86E444

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17A2B

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

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