#B17A42#B17A42

#B17A42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.100 H 64.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17A42
RGB	rgb(177, 122, 66)
HSL	hsl(30, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(30, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 62.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.75, 15.63, 38.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.75, 41.78, 68.02°)
OKLab	oklab(62.43% 0.0428 0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(62.43% 0.1 64.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.0760, 23.6617, 8.3470)
Luminance	0.2366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17A42 #4279B1

analogous

#B14242 #B17A42 #B1B142

triadic

#B17A42 #42B17A #7A42B1

tetradic

#B17A42 #42B142 #4279B1 #B142B1

square

#B17A42 #42B142 #4279B1 #B142B1

split-complementary

#B17A42 #42B1B1 #4242B1

monochromatic

#583D21 #845B31 #B17A42 #C79969 #D8B796

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#B17A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#B17A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17A42

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17A42	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C06E6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 122, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.100 64.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cca078',
    500: '#b17a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17a42;
$custom-light: #cca078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.27,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62429,
    "c": 0.09984,
    "h": 64.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17A42

secondary

#8BA7C3

accent

#93D552

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#140E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17A42

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

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