#B17C27#B17C27

#B17C27 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.117 H 74.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17C27
RGB	rgb(177, 124, 39)
HSL	hsl(37, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(37, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 78%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.00, 13.01, 51.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.00, 53.28, 75.86°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% 0.0312 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.117 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.7072, 23.9111, 5.1804)
Luminance	0.2391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17C27 #275CB1

analogous

#B13727 #B17C27 #A1B127

triadic

#B17C27 #27B17C #7C27B1

tetradic

#B17C27 #27B137 #275CB1 #B127A1

square

#B17C27 #27B137 #275CB1 #B127A1

split-complementary

#B17C27 #27A1B1 #3727B1

monochromatic

#4D3611 #7F591C #B17C27 #D59C40 #E0B672

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#B17C27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#B17C27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17C27

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17C27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17C27	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	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)

#8F7F19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8B2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16E6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17c27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 124, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.117 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda168',
    500: '#b17c27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17c27;
$custom-light: #cda168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17c27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.957,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62545,
    "c": 0.11719,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17C27

secondary

#6D8FC7

accent

#81E741

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17C27

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

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