#B17B2A#B17B2A

#B17B2A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.116 H 73.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17B2A
RGB	rgb(177, 123, 42)
HSL	hsl(36, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(36, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 76.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.77, 13.70, 50.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.77, 52.04, 74.74°)
OKLab	oklab(62.37% 0.0336 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(62.37% 0.116 73.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.6342, 23.6824, 5.4111)
Luminance	0.2368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17B2A #2A60B1

analogous

#B1372A #B17B2A #A3B12A

triadic

#B17B2A #2AB17B #7B2AB1

tetradic

#B17B2A #2AB137 #2A60B1 #B12AA3

square

#B17B2A #2AB137 #2A60B1 #B12AA3

split-complementary

#B17B2A #2AA3B1 #372AB1

monochromatic

#4E3613 #80591E #B17B2A #D39A45 #DFB577

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#B17B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#B17B2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17B2A

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17B2A	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7E1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16D6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 123, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.116 73.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda169',
    500: '#b17b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17b2a;
$custom-light: #cda169;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 61.644,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62372,
    "c": 0.11551,
    "h": 73.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17B2A

secondary

#7093C6

accent

#84E543

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17B2A

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

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