#B17C31#B17C31

#B17C31 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.111 H 72.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17C31
RGB	rgb(177, 124, 49)
HSL	hsl(35, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(35, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 72.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.07, 13.47, 47.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.07, 49.32, 74.14°)
OKLab	oklab(62.63% 0.0339 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(62.63% 0.111 72.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.8953, 23.9863, 6.1711)
Luminance	0.2398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17C31 #3166B1

analogous

#B13C31 #B17C31 #A6B131

triadic

#B17C31 #31B17C #7C31B1

tetradic

#B17C31 #31B13C #3166B1 #B131A6

square

#B17C31 #31B13C #3166B1 #B131A6

split-complementary

#B17C31 #31A6B1 #3C31B1

monochromatic

#513916 #815A24 #B17C31 #CF9A51 #DCB680

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#B17C31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#B17C31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17C31

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17C31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17C31	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7F28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C16F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17c31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 124, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.111 72.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda16d',
    500: '#b17c31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17c31;
$custom-light: #cda16d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17c31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.156,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62628,
    "c": 0.11137,
    "h": 72.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17C31

secondary

#7998C5

accent

#87E048

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#140F07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17C31

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

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