#B17C23#B17C23

#B17C23 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.119 H 75.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17C23
RGB	rgb(177, 124, 35)
HSL	hsl(38, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(38, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 80.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.97, 12.86, 53.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.97, 54.73, 76.41°)
OKLab	oklab(62.52% 0.0303 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(62.52% 0.119 75.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.6444, 23.8860, 4.8496)
Luminance	0.2388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17C23 #2358B1

analogous

#B13523 #B17C23 #9FB123

triadic

#B17C23 #23B17C #7C23B1

tetradic

#B17C23 #23B135 #2358B1 #B1239F

square

#B17C23 #23B135 #2358B1 #B1239F

split-complementary

#B17C23 #239FB1 #3523B1

monochromatic

#4B340F #7E5819 #B17C23 #D89D39 #E2B66C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#B17C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#B17C23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17C23

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17C23	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)

#8F7F12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8B26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16E6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 124, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.119 75.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda165',
    500: '#b17c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17c23;
$custom-light: #cda165;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.606,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62517,
    "c": 0.11921,
    "h": 75.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17C23

secondary

#688CC8

accent

#7EEA3E

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17C23

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

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