#B17C55#B17C55

#B17C55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.085 H 56.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17C55
RGB	rgb(177, 124, 85)
HSL	hsl(25, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(25, 52%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 52%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.51, 16.08, 29.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.51, 33.53, 61.35°)
OKLab	oklab(63.1% 0.0467 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(63.1% 0.085 56.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.9802, 24.4203, 11.8851)
Luminance	0.2442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17C55 #558AB1

analogous

#B1555C #B17C55 #B1AA55

triadic

#B17C55 #55B17C #7C55B1

tetradic

#B17C55 #5CB155 #558AB1 #AA55B1

square

#B17C55 #5CB155 #558AB1 #AA55B1

split-complementary

#B17C55 #55B1AA #555CB1

monochromatic

#60422C #8A5F3F #B17C55 #C49C7F #D7BDA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#B17C55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#B17C55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17C55

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17C55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17C55	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8152

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988C55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF7172

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17c55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 124, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.085 56.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba285',
    500: '#b17c55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17c55;
$custom-light: #cba285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17c55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.435,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63104,
    "c": 0.08531,
    "h": 56.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17C55

secondary

#9DB4C5

accent

#9DCD5B

background

#FCF9F8

surface

#F9F2EF

border

#D2CCCA

text

#140F0B

muted

#827E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17C55

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

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