#B17A57#B17A57

#B17A57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.085 H 53.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17A57
RGB	rgb(177, 122, 87)
HSL	hsl(23, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(23, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.1%, 50.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.04, 17.39, 27.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.04, 32.73, 57.91°)
OKLab	oklab(62.76% 0.0509 0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(62.76% 0.085 53.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8127, 23.9563, 12.2268)
Luminance	0.2395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17A57 #578EB1

analogous

#B15761 #B17A57 #B1A757

triadic

#B17A57 #57B17A #7A57B1

tetradic

#B17A57 #61B157 #578EB1 #A757B1

square

#B17A57 #61B157 #578EB1 #A757B1

split-complementary

#B17A57 #57B1A7 #5761B1

monochromatic

#61412D #8A5D40 #B17A57 #C49B81 #D8BCAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#B17A57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#B17A57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17A57

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17A57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17A57	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7F54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978B57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF7071

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17a57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 122, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.085 53.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba087',
    500: '#b17a57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17a57;
$custom-light: #cba087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17a57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.333,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62755,
    "c": 0.08462,
    "h": 53.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17A57

secondary

#9EB6C6

accent

#A0CD5B

background

#FCF9F8

surface

#F9F2EF

border

#D2CCCA

text

#140E0B

muted

#827E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17A57

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

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