#B17C22#B17C22

#B17C22 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.120 H 75.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17C22
RGB	rgb(177, 124, 34)
HSL	hsl(38, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(38, 81%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 80.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.97, 12.82, 53.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.97, 55.08, 76.54°)
OKLab	oklab(62.51% 0.0301 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(62.51% 0.12 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6297, 23.8801, 4.7726)
Luminance	0.2388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17C22 #2257B1

analogous

#B13422 #B17C22 #9FB122

triadic

#B17C22 #22B17C #7C22B1

tetradic

#B17C22 #22B134 #2257B1 #B1229F

square

#B17C22 #22B134 #2257B1 #B1229F

split-complementary

#B17C22 #229FB1 #3422B1

monochromatic

#4A340E #7E5818 #B17C22 #D99D38 #E3B66B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#B17C22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#B17C22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17C22

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17C22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17C22	1.00	3.64	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7E11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8B26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16E6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17c22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 124, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.120 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda165',
    500: '#b17c22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17c22;
$custom-light: #cda165;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17c22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.762,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62511,
    "c": 0.1197,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17C22

secondary

#668BC9

accent

#7DEB3D

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17C22

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

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