#B17C49#B17C49

#B17C49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.094 H 63.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17C49
RGB	rgb(177, 124, 73)
HSL	hsl(29, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(29, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 58.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.33, 15.04, 35.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.33, 38.78, 67.18°)
OKLab	oklab(62.91% 0.042 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(62.91% 0.094 63.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.5433, 24.2455, 9.5839)
Luminance	0.2424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17C49 #497EB1

analogous

#B1494A #B17C49 #B1B049

triadic

#B17C49 #49B17C #7C49B1

tetradic

#B17C49 #4AB149 #497EB1 #B049B1

square

#B17C49 #4AB149 #497EB1 #B049B1

split-complementary

#B17C49 #49B1B0 #494AB1

monochromatic

#5A3F25 #865E37 #B17C49 #C59B72 #D7BA9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#B17C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#B17C49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17C49

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17C49	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998C4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07070

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 124, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.094 63.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cca27d',
    500: '#b17c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17c49;
$custom-light: #cca27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.423,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62913,
    "c": 0.09436,
    "h": 63.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17C49

secondary

#92ABC3

accent

#95D156

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F9F2EE

border

#D2CCC9

text

#140F0A

muted

#827E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17C49

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

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