#B17C42#B17C42

#B17C42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.100 H 66.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17C42
RGB	rgb(177, 124, 66)
HSL	hsl(31, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(31, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 62.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.25, 14.51, 39.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.25, 41.91, 69.74°)
OKLab	oklab(62.82% 0.0394 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(62.82% 0.1 66.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.3241, 24.1579, 8.4297)
Luminance	0.2416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17C42 #4277B1

analogous

#B14442 #B17C42 #AFB142

triadic

#B17C42 #42B17C #7C42B1

tetradic

#B17C42 #42B144 #4277B1 #B142AF

square

#B17C42 #42B144 #4277B1 #B142AF

split-complementary

#B17C42 #42AFB1 #4442B1

monochromatic

#583E21 #845D31 #B17C42 #C79A69 #D8B896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#B17C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#B17C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17C42

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17C42	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D803C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0706F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 124, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.100 66.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cca278',
    500: '#b17c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17c42;
$custom-light: #cca278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.351,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62817,
    "c": 0.09963,
    "h": 66.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17C42

secondary

#8BA6C3

accent

#91D552

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#140F09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17C42

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

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