#B17B28#B17B28

#B17B28 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.117 H 73.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17B28
RGB	rgb(177, 123, 40)
HSL	hsl(36, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(36, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 77.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.75, 13.61, 51.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.75, 52.81, 75.06°)
OKLab	oklab(62.36% 0.0331 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(62.36% 0.117 73.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.5993, 23.6684, 5.2273)
Luminance	0.2367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17B28 #285EB1

analogous

#B13628 #B17B28 #A3B128

triadic

#B17B28 #28B17B #7B28B1

tetradic

#B17B28 #28B136 #285EB1 #B128A3

square

#B17B28 #28B136 #285EB1 #B128A3

split-complementary

#B17B28 #28A3B1 #3628B1

monochromatic

#4D3611 #7F581D #B17B28 #D49B42 #E0B574

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#B17B28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#B17B28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17B28

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17B28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17B28	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)

#8E7E1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16D6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 123, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.117 73.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda168',
    500: '#b17b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17b28;
$custom-light: #cda168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.35,
    "s": 63.134,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62357,
    "c": 0.11661,
    "h": 73.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17B28

secondary

#6E91C7

accent

#82E642

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17B28

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

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