#B17A2D#B17A2D

#B17A2D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.114 H 71.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17A2D
RGB	rgb(177, 122, 45)
HSL	hsl(35, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(35, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 74.6%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.54, 14.40, 48.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.54, 50.77, 73.53°)
OKLab	oklab(62.2% 0.036 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(62.2% 0.114 71.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.5665, 23.4578, 5.6634)
Luminance	0.2346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17A2D #2D64B1

analogous

#B1382D #B17A2D #A6B12D

triadic

#B17A2D #2DB17A #7A2DB1

tetradic

#B17A2D #2DB138 #2D64B1 #B12DA6

square

#B17A2D #2DB138 #2D64B1 #B12DA6

split-complementary

#B17A2D #2DA6B1 #382DB1

monochromatic

#4F3714 #805821 #B17A2D #D1994A #DDB47B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#B17A2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#B17A2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17A2D

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17A2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17A2D	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)

#8D7D23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16C6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17a2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 122, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.114 71.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda06b',
    500: '#b17a2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17a2d;
$custom-light: #cda06b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17a2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35,
    "s": 59.459,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62202,
    "c": 0.11379,
    "h": 71.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17A2D

secondary

#7496C6

accent

#87E345

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17A2D

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

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