#B17A32#B17A32

#B17A32 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.111 H 70.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17A32
RGB	rgb(177, 122, 50)
HSL	hsl(34, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(34, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 71.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.58, 14.64, 46.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.58, 48.72, 72.51°)
OKLab	oklab(62.25% 0.0375 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(62.25% 0.111 70.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.6685, 23.4987, 6.2008)
Luminance	0.2350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17A32 #3269B1

analogous

#B13B32 #B17A32 #A9B132

triadic

#B17A32 #32B17A #7A32B1

tetradic

#B17A32 #32B13B #3269B1 #B132A9

square

#B17A32 #32B13B #3269B1 #B132A9

split-complementary

#B17A32 #32A9B1 #3B32B1

monochromatic

#523817 #815925 #B17A32 #CE9852 #DCB582

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#B17A32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#B17A32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17A32

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17A32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17A32	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7D29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16C6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17a32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 122, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.111 70.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda06e',
    500: '#b17a32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17a32;
$custom-light: #cda06e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17a32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.016,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62247,
    "c": 0.11075,
    "h": 70.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17A32

secondary

#7A9AC5

accent

#8ADF49

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#140E07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17A32

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

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